A tip that I realized today with the 17 second rule is that when I am in the place where I feel like the energy shifted from a nice thought to a difficult one and emotions are shifting, that it takes a very conscious deliberate shifting of thoughts, sometimes several thoughts very quickly together. An example from last night while watching MarShae and Marielle perform with the youth from Church.
I thought about how fun it was to see Madie sing in a choir. She always lit up when she was singing. As I thought this last night at the Youth Christmas performance, and also at the Klein Choir concert during the week, I was in a situation where couldn't walk outside, or change what I was doing, and so I had to purposely direct my thoughts various places very hard for about 17 seconds. I remember wondering if I would be able to get on top of the emotions that had come up. I thought about how fun it was to see her sing,I also quickly thought about how much I was enjoying watching my girls and many others performing. I thought about my gratitude for my Savior Jesus Christ, that because of his life, and most especially his death and resurrection, I will be with Madie again. I thought about how grateful I am for the wonderful opportunities that my children get to participate in. All of these I did in a very short period of time, and found that I was able to shift.
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