how are you?
How are you?
I’m okay.
A conversation that happens all too often in my life - more often than I would like, in fact. People will ask me how I’m doing, or how my day is going, or how my yoga class went, and I’ll always respond with fine, or okay, or maybe even good if they’re really lucky, but rarely (if ever) will I say that I’m doing great, or that my day is amazing, or that my class was really wonderful.
Why do I do this? Why do we do this? We’ve become so accustomed to being okay that we forget that there is so much more. We settle for mediocrity, and then we suffer from a lack of fulfillment. We resign ourselves to feeling fine when there is greatness, and fantastic-ness, and amazing-ness, all out there just waiting to be had.
All of the things that we say and do have an effect on our state of mind and our attitude. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: we define our very existence through the way we choose to see our experiences. Are you a victim, or are you a survivor? Are you going to focus on what is good, or are you going to hone in on all the small things that could destroy your day if you let them?
So here, I offer a bold affirmation: I will consciously make choices that move me away from being just okay to really being and feeling great. And that means actively getting out and doing things that make me happy, surrounding myself with people who are inspirational and luminous, and truly living from the center of my being. It means figuring out and letting go of all the blocks that are keeping me stuck at “just fine”. I’m smacking myself in the face with the reminder that greatness is a choice. And right now, I’m feeling pretty amazing.
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