When I am surrounded by other stressed out people, it stresses me out, and when I am surrounded by calm people, it calms me down. Since there seems to be a lack of calm people to surround myself with right now, I have to start with me and hope that I can be a harmonious influence in someone else's life. I am working hard to develop some more tiferet in my life and I am already seeing results! Even though my work load hasn't changed (it may have even increased slightly this week), I feel more in control now that I have built in a balance of work time vs. me time. When I am calm and collected, I can look at things more positively and see solutions where before I only saw problems. Now, instead of radiating stress, I exude calmness and harmony (or try to).
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Count the Omer: Day 17
When I am surrounded by other stressed out people, it stresses me out, and when I am surrounded by calm people, it calms me down. Since there seems to be a lack of calm people to surround myself with right now, I have to start with me and hope that I can be a harmonious influence in someone else's life. I am working hard to develop some more tiferet in my life and I am already seeing results! Even though my work load hasn't changed (it may have even increased slightly this week), I feel more in control now that I have built in a balance of work time vs. me time. When I am calm and collected, I can look at things more positively and see solutions where before I only saw problems. Now, instead of radiating stress, I exude calmness and harmony (or try to).
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Count the Omer: Day 16
This is my favorite time of year! Just when I'm feeling rundown by the cold, short days of winter, spring comes with its beautiful budding flowers and sunshine and I'm reinvigorated and empowered.
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Count the Omer: Day 15
Today is the first day of the third week of the Omer, the week of tiferet. This week we focus on beauty, harmony, balance, and compassion. This reminder to find balance in my life could not have come at a better time - my life has been heavily skewed to the work side of things right now as our eight person office prepares to send 1,200 people to Israel for the Maccabiah Games. The balancing act of life - juggling work tasks, home responsibilities, and personal relationships - is getting away from me and I have been working extra hard to keep the tension from affecting my friendships. But today, spring arrived with temperatures around 80 degrees and I took my first real lunch break since last fall to just walk around outside. That 45 minutes away from my desk did wonders. With more balance in my life, I have a spring in my step and I'm ready to spread the love.
My advice for today: Go outside. Stretch. Smile.
Good advice from Baz Luhrmann
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