What To Do When Feeling Blue

What To Do When Feeling Blue

Today was a funky day for me. I had one of those more awake than asleep nights and woke up at 6 out of kilter.
I spent the day in a funky fog and accomplished very little. In the past I would have done various state change, inner work, meditation,  and "get out of it" exercises/strategies--instead, today, I spent more time noticing/observing  myself.

Where is it written that every day has to be a sunny productive day?
So tonight I am reflecting and pulling up what I've learned over the last few months. Here are a few of my new strategies for those seemingly less than resourceful moods:

1. When I'm blue, be blue. I prefer to be present to whatever is there rather than resisting my thoughts and feelings. This goes against the grain of what we are taught by most of the experts, but I now trust implicitly my inner world messages--there just may be some important learning and messages for me to get. I choose acceptance of what is over "always be up and at my best". I find that being down can be quite helpful and instructive--feeling down provides me a measurement for what a balanced life can be. I don't want to live there, but it may be good to visit on occasion if for no other reason than to show me how significant I've made  moods and feelings be. They really don't need to be that serious.  What you resist persists. Being present allows me to let the feelings pass.

2. Observe and inquire. Rather than fight it or try to change it, I now ask myself "what is this feeling about?"
Tonight the blue is gone and from this reflective state I can see that I still have miles to go regarding the deadly forces of helplessness, hopelessness, and self-doubt. Life is good, God is good, I am good--feelings and moods don't alter that reality! The blue has passed and I can smile at myself--God, I take things too seriously sometimes!

3. Connect to Source. Wayne Dyer has declared that all problems are a result of feeling disconnected from Source. So as I allowed the feelings to be there, I now can see that I simply got caught in the illusion of separation--in truth, I can never be separate from all that is, all is one. Now that I feel connected with Source, I see clearly what the "disconnection illusion" has cost me in life. This illusion saps the strength, power, and juice from me.  Now I'm excited to get to work tomorrow!  Ideas are starting to pop! It's ALL GOOD!!!

Those are a few of my reflections tonight--what are your reflections showing you tonight?  Are you paying attention?

Blessings,

Gary