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“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” ― Marcus Aurelius
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If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment."Marcus Aurelius #MarcusAurelius #Stoicism #PowerOfPerception #MindOverMatter #ControlYourMind #CognitiveTherapy

Where is your point of control right now?

Are you focusing on something you can control or are you focusing on all the things you can't control?

The mind loves to focus on what it can't control because it thinks that's a problem. The mind loves a good problem to solve. It gives it a reason to generate pain and distract you from doing whatever it is you're wanting to do. That's how it keeps you safe.

Find your point of control in the situation that you're in and let go of the rest. That way you can be okay in that situation and you don't have to lose your shit. You'll manage it more easily, you'll feel better more of the time, and you'll be able to trust yourself to handle what happens next.

Find your point of control and focus there. It does make a difference.

Love to all.

Della

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What you're actually controlling is your perception of what's going on around you.

The mind makes up stories that are really exciting. They add a lot of drama and emotion to what's happening. But those stories are also the reason you're in pain. They are the reason why you can't let go of the things you're arguing with.

Those stories are based on self-protection. Your perception by default is designed to protect you. That's why you tell the stories - to protect yourself from more pain. The mind is okay with you not being happy as long as it can decide you're safe. Here's the key - the mind will never think you're safe and it'll keep you in a constant battle for whatever safety means for you.

That leaves you with a choice to make about your life and how you see things.

You can buy into the perception that keeps you safe but makes you miserable or you can shift your perception so that it doesn't necessarily protect you anymore, but you will be happier in the long run.

Your perception offers a lot of projection of blame, shame, guilt, and victimization onto other people. That's how your perception protects you. Those stories are what keep you in pain. The experience just is and isn't even happening anymore. You're creating your own pain by telling these stories.

When you take what happened at face value without any projection at all, it allows you to manage your own emotions, control your own thinking, release the pain, stop identifying with what happened, and free yourself to be okay. You're no longer looking around you to decide how to feel. You've now taken control over your perception of your own experience.

Managing your perception is how you heal and release the stories. That is part of controlling your thinking. It's part of keeping your head screwed on straight so that the emotions don't sweep you away. It's part of making peace with the past.

You can do it. You just have to become aware of what the mind is trying to offer you and then consciously shift it when it becomes a problem.

It takes time and practice, but it is possible.

Love to all.

Della

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