How Do You Show Up? You Choose

Do you believe you have the power to choose how you show up in any given situation?

I do.

And, moments are fleeting - the good and the bad. How about that?

What we have is the present so might as well use our power to choose how we show up, respond, and be.

Conscious choice.

Recently our van got broken into right outside our house. Absolutely brazen at 7PM.

Was I angry? You bet.

Feel violated? Indeed.

Did I feel pissed off and at my last straw? Yeah.

And, it was all fleeting. I let myself feel all the things and I knew in that moment and then the following day (especially the following day!) that I had to let it go.

I knew it was my choice.

I could harbor resentment, continue to be pissed off, and carry that weighted energy with me or I could choose to see and lean towards gratitude and abundance. A few years ago I would have certainly fumed and given all my energy for the former.

Yet I Paused. And I chose

Gratitude that we essentially caught the people in the act and all we had was a broken window and nothing was packed in the van.

Gratitude for our mechanic who was able to get his glass guy in to fix it the next day.

Abundance that we have the money to have it fixed and support a local business.

Abundance of time and energy to drop it off, pick it up, and drive home in rush hour Friday traffic.

I consciously chose to focus on these things rather than swirl in anger.

The moment of the broken window was said and done.

There was nothing I could do about that. It was fact.

But I can choose how I respond and be in every moment as it comes. And ohh it feels so much better.

And so can you.

Find Your Pause.