I'm Cold

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January 13, 2021

I wish you could see this forest.  Heavy thick fog bank.  Twenty nine degrees.  It’s cold!  Very cold.  Which is where I think a lot of us are.  I mean, if someone were to ask me to describe what it was like to live in the days of Covid and Capitol building takeovers I’d hand them a picture of this forest.  Foggy.  Cold.  Saw my neighbor for the first time in four weeks yesterday.  I cheerfully asked about how she’s doing.  Her reply, “I’m cold!”  See what I mean.  Physically we feel cold.  What if mentally is where it begins?  Your eyes are the window to your soul.  That’s all I see anymore.  Your eyes.  It’s time to get in the bathroom mirror with a hairbrush and start singing.  To watch those eyes.  To learn how to use better communications with your eyes.  It requires seventeen facial muscles to smile.  Forty three facial muscles are put to work to frown.  Your eyes rely on just six.  I’m thinking it’s time to start conserving energy!  Your eyes are no different than the smile and frown.  The core of the source of energy you’re tossing out is fed by attitude.  I’m not saying to fake the smile and go overboard on happy talk.  As we approach the first year anniversary of the Covid lockdown the goal needs to be focus.  Being aware of where you presently stand, think, react.  Be aware of your triggers.  The ups and downs.  The good times and the worrisome challenges.  I’m transparent when I say that living a life of mindfulness is a huge challenge in the beginning.  Self judgement.  Perfectionism.  You want to play with the rest of the kids.  To live in the past.  To try to write the future.  There’s a ton of peace and not pieces in your present place of Now.  Know your moods and know how to utilize the strength of those moods when with someone who’s chosen to lock in on those forty three muscles required to frown.  Attitude is right now.  Where are you? Do you feel like crap?  Are you a leader in this new age of business and can’t find anyone to support it.  Screw them!  Your gain!  Being a positive leader with yourself first will serve as a magnet.  Trust me.  The friendship pyramid is going to change.  Surrounding yourself with the right people removes what inspires your forty three facial muscles that make up that frown to turn things around.  It all starts with being aware and mindful of your Now.