Hello there my friend!
I hope you are having a spectacular day so far.
Everyday, I receive emails from amazing people all over the world and I am so grateful for there questions and comments.
After every newsletter, I receive emails from my newsletter list and I am very touched and grateful for the comments and the sharing of personal lives.
In this weeks newsletter, I thought I would publish one of those emails written my Michelle Brooks, with her permission of course. Michelle is a dear friend of mine, and a blogger. You can find her blog at Simple Clues To The Mystical Side Of You. Pretty cool name huh?
Well, here it is, Michelle's response to last weeks newsletter (all of my newsletter are archived at elizabethstanfill.blogspot.com)
"Elizabeth,
I really wanted to comment on this and was hoping it was on your blog, but I didn't see it. Can your newsletter also be a blog post so people can comment? I think that would be a great idea.
I just wanted to tell you that I can completely relate to this. With all of the "stuff" going on in my personal life, people have said things like they don't know why I'm not a basket case or sick or anything. I have to say it's all because of this journey and path I have taken.
Now don't get me wrong, I do have my bad days, but it seems they don't last as long as they used to, and you're right it's just "stuff" which is life. However, now days it seems that I have gained sort of a peaceful knowing that everything is happening exactly as it should. It doesn't mean that I have to like it, but I do accept it. By accepting it, we don't build up a resistance to it and create more of what we don't want.
By your best friend saying that, he is revealing where he is in his life. He can continue to tell himself his story of how "stressed" you should be or how you should feel a certain way, but that's the story he's telling himself. You don't have to tell yourself that story. By telling ourselves a certain story, we also box our options.
For example, just recently I thought I had to make a decision about something and then I realized that I didn't have to make a decision. That the decision could possibly be resolved another way. For weeks and weeks I had been telling myself I had to make this decision, which wasn't true, that's what I thought I should do. Now, other doors have opened and potential options and I feel at peace with not making this particular decision right now. And it seems as soon as I took this new viewpoint that things have at least made an improvement.
Interestingly, during the weeks where I was worried and concerned over this issue, things seemed to increasingly get worse. Now that I have released it another way, the situation is showing improvement. What a lesson!
So basically what I am saying is that as far as society is concerned, it seems there are things people think we should be stressed about, but really what purpose does that serve? It just creates more stress in our life and "stuff" we don't want so what's the point of telling ourselves we should be stressed? What purpose would that serve? Just do what you can now, in the moment. Like you said, that's all we have!
Lots of love to you and if you need to talk, I'm here, just propose a time and I'm there for you!
Great Big Hugs!
Michelle"
I am so grateful for you!!!
Have a wonderful week!
Until next week, don't forget to have fun and be playful!
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Elizabeth Stanfill
destressyourself.com
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661-877-7800
elizabeth@destressyourself.com
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