This morning I became aware of a delicious perfume-like aroma and it brought me back to the reality that I was drinking a glass of water. The water had a lemon wedge in it and I could not believe how fantastic that scent was….I almost missed it!!!
With the memory of the lemon aroma in my mind I left my house and went for my morning walk and just had to savour the delightful scent of several wonderful roses along the way. As I walked I realized that I was carrying a lot of muscular tension in my body. It came to me that everyone responds to stress in a different way depending on their energetic makeup.
There are basically three different kinds of response to stress either physical, emotional or mental. Some people, like myself, physically brace themselves as a protection..feeling that if they are not tense they are not prepared for what might happen. It made me giggle to think that I had developed that pattern. Others distance themselves from their emotions and other people because they feel that is the only way they can survive the intensity of their feelings. The rest become rigid in their ideas and thoughts so that it is impossible to change their opinions or minds about anything because they seek safety in stubbornness of thought.
Thank you lemon wedge for triggering this realization!!
~Heather
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Heather, I can totally relate to this entry. I have spent my life preparing for things to hit me, so have spent most of my time bracing for things, that for the most part never happen! How silly. I learned that the best way to handle any situation is to be relaxed and confident, not rigid and controlled. Although I’ve learned this intellectually, I”m still working on getting my body to believe this, and you are helping me with this!!!!
Thank yoU!
Michelle
Hey Michelle: you make a good point about the fact that we can see something intellectually does not mean that we are able to integrate it into the physical and the reason is that we have to take several other steps. The next step is to transform the old emotional pattern that is connected to the old belief but first we have to identify it!!!
I know you are ready!!
~Heather