One of "those" weeks..lessons in letting go...

It's been one of "those" kind of weeks, the kind where I hear one piece of bad news after another. Each day I woke up thinking today would be the day something good would happen, hoping it could erase yesterday's news. But as the week progressed, I realized-thats just not how it works.


I wanted to change situations, perhaps even change the people involved. As I spoke with a friend about one of the dilemnas, she told me to embrace the feeling..let it be. Hmmm..So I sat with it. I sat with the emotion, the pain and heartbreak of several pieces of news. I let myself feel sadness, anger, hurt. Then I began to slowly let it go. 


I could not change what has happening around me. But I could, in fact, change what was happening WITHIN me. Later in the week, I chose to spend time with people who I knew would get me back on track. There was no advice given, no conversation even of my week. That was not by accident. I chose to speak and act only from the positive while in their presence. It was incredible how I felt upon leaving. Surrounding myself with the energy and love of people who accept, who never judge(yes, NEVER), who see that it really is all good, was an amazingly powerful moment.


We can be eaten up and adversely affected by the negative in the world, whether it is people, events or circumstances. Or we can do this: we can look at the events in our lives and realize that all is happening for our greater good. We can let these events control us, or we can choose to stand in a powerful place and use everything for our good.


If I reflect back on anything that has happened in my life that, at that time, I thought was negative, I see this: I see that it has brought me here, to this place and this time. I see that it has brought me to the presence of incredible people and places..Each perceived negative has shifted to a positive with a lesson carried within it. 


So to end this week of upheaval and news, I shift my thinking..and I say: What a week! Let the lessons begin and the journey continue..all is good.