My previous store had a lot of drama. I would come home exhausted mentally, physically, and emotionally. I thought that was just how designers are. Then we moved north, so I needed to transfer to a different store. My new store is fabulous. My coworkers are calm.
Can we agree that life is chaotic enough without us adding more chaos to the mix?
With Scott going to grad school, I knew our life would be chaos, and I just wanted peace! I wanted as much serenity as I could get.
My coworkers are all very much business, no drama, type of people. Lear is an aeronautic engineer, Robin used to own her own restaurant, and Barry is a professional artist that meditates regularly. They helped me realign myself to focus on the task at hand without wasting energy worrying about the anxious customer or drama from the break room. The department is so calm and focused that I can even sense when a customer is anxious before they say anything, because of the energy surrounding them.
I’ve noticed it in other places too. In public places, or in private with friends. Some people just gravitate to drama. They feed off of it. It creates a tangible energy field around them. But drama starves me. It leaves me feeling exhausted and worn out.
I’m not perfect at finding serenity. I haven’t learned or even attempted meditation, but I’m headed towards peace. And the future looks brighter because of it.
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I like this new blog. Kind of a journal, eh?
That's exactly what this is. My journal entries the last three years have been the letters I mail my missionary brothers, but I realized I wanted to record more thoughts then just the ones I postmark to them.
I now see the point of this blog. When you first told me about it, I couldn't understand how another blog was necessary. I figured if you had something that you wanted to say, you could just put it on our family blog.
But after reading it, I see it is completely you and your thoughts. I even feel calmer myself after reading it. I hope you keep it up. I really enjoyed your "piece of mind" (nice title. Hee hee). I feel like I am getting to know you even better by reading it than by just being your husband. I am intrigued to know more.
I totally agree that people have different energies about them. Have you read the book the 4 agreements? It doesn't directly talk about energies, but it did help me learn how to not let other peoples energies effect how I feel. I would highly recommend that book. I read it every couple of months.
I too am learning to have more peace and love...it's taken me going through a lot of heartache and pain but I'm done with the chaos and I want to live my life differently now. Keep writing girl, I love hearing about YOU!
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