There are no doubt many answers to this question, but I know my moodiness is generally due to one of two things: I am either tired or I am afraid about something. \u00a0Both reasons are easily addressed I think. \u00a0Being tired requires getting more rest. \u00a0The solution is obvious. \u00a0Being afraid is a bit more complex. \u00a0But being a student of ACIM offers me an answer. \u00a0If I am afraid, I have squeezed love out. \u00a0I have turned my life, for the moment, over to the ego. \u00a0The important question is “Why?”<\/p>\n
I have said many times in many workshops and many books too that we have two voices in our minds. \u00a0One voice is loud. \u00a0Speaks first. \u00a0And is always wrong. \u00a0Unfortunately it too often gets our attention. \u00a0It’s the ego. \u00a0The other voice is far softer. \u00a0Far kinder. \u00a0Far more considerate of others, but because it’s harder to hear, we don’t always listen for it. \u00a0It’s at those times that fear can grab ahold of us. \u00a0The good news is that knowing about the two voices makes seeking to hear “the right one” far more desirous.<\/p>\n
How can we be sure we are listening to the right voice? \u00a0The questions are obvious. \u00a0How do we feel inside? \u00a0Are we calm? \u00a0Are we easily brought to a smile? \u00a0Are we eager for the day and our interactions with others? \u00a0If we can’t respond affirmatively to these questions, the ego has claimed us for the moment. \u00a0The good news is that we can only live one moment at a time and we can move our minds in to the next moment each time we feel less than eager to greet the folks on our path. \u00a0That next moment can be whatever we want it to be.<\/p>\n
After so many years on this journey I really hate to admit to my moodiness. \u00a0But it can sneak up on any one of us and I was reminded at a meeting last night that the easiest way out of a bad attitude is a gratitude list. \u00a0That was one of the first things a sponsor told me when I got sober. \u00a0“Make a gratitude list,” she said, “and life will soon look up.” \u00a0That was 1976. \u00a0She was right then and that suggestion continues to be right. \u00a0In fact, I’d venture to say it doesn’t make any difference why we feel moody. \u00a0Make a gratitude list and watch the “movie” we are living change. \u00a0It’s going to happen. \u00a0I know. \u00a0I’ve lived it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There are no doubt many answers to this question, but I know my moodiness is generally due to one of two things: I am either tired or I am afraid about something. \u00a0Both reasons are easily addressed I think. \u00a0Being tired requires getting more rest. \u00a0The solution is obvious. \u00a0Being afraid is a bit more […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[8,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-karens-musings","category-reflections-in-the-mirror-you-and-yourself"],"yoast_head":"\n