The truth.

The mental warfare that we face in our minds is often rooted in the reality we place our minds in.

There are lots of things happening around us each day, so what do we gravitate towards?

We can gravitate towards the weather of the day: How the outside makes us feel.

We can gravitate towards socialization of the day: How people make us feel

We can gravitate towards our schedule for the day: How time makes us feel

There are numerous areas of each day that our mind has to work through, and with each area comes unique emotions and feelings, many of which are unexpected or unplanned until the present moment.

Thus, our minds have the opportunity to place its reality in one area, then be distracted and move to another, then be surprised and move to another.

Grounding ourselves is challenging. Each situation throughout our day can make us feel so… up in the air, trying to figure out how to get down.

Where I struggle the most in grounding my mind, finding reality, is what truth I am telling myself.

The words I tell myself are not often kind.

They can be lacking self-worth, self-belief…

But I never feel those words are true.

I know I have worth, I know I believe in myself.

However, it can be easy in those “attacking” times to justify those “truths” that you tell yourself.

You can reference a time you feel worthless, you can reference a time you failed, you can reference a time you feel lonely.

All of these times are moments, not truths. But the more time you spend in these places, you start to wonder if they really are true.

It can be a dangerous place, especially when you are currently in a moment that does feel like failure, like you are all alone.

It’s like a live picture of the “truth”.

The mindfulness comes in knowing these are moments, not our reality.

It becomes difficult for me in that it is easy to justify both sides of the “truth”.

There are times where you feel like you’re on top of the world, seeing what you’ve created in your life, referencing the support you have, the things you’ve been through and steps you’ve taken to be a better man, and are thankful for who you are and the parts of your self that make your world go.

There are times where you feel like you’re at rock bottom, judging every mistake you’ve made, referencing the failures you’ve committed, the things you’ve been through that are your fault, and are disappointed in who you are and the parts of your self that you don’t like.

Both of these, in the moment, feel like “truth”, because that is where our minds are grounded… that is our current reality.

That is why our minds are so powerful – they can literally dictate the reality of our lives.

Every decision…

Every feeling…

It’s based on “the truth”.

The challenge: Remembering what is ACTUALLY true.

Overcoming emotions, things that are out of your control…

I think we all know what is actually true, you know.

We know the support we have in our lives, we know we are trying our best, we know we are not perfect beings.

It’s just so hard to pick your mind up off the ground amidst the “bad” truth and place yourself back in to the REAL truth of our lives.

I want to ground myself in the real truth. I want my mind to be my friend.

Because if it can be, what a powerful, wonderful friend that could be.

NS

“I believe a few words can change your day and your life.”