Let’s step right back into the ENERGY acronym and take a look at the third and fourth ideas in this week’s blog.
Establish positive habits. Build habits that strengthen you mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually. Identify actions that energize you. Here are just a handful of examples. Exercise, nutrition, adequate rest, and recreation feed your body. Fair thinking, healthy relationships, and reducing stress feed your emotional health. Challenging your mind, developing your talents, and applying your skills strengthen your intellectual stamina. Knowing your life's purpose, worship, and prayer build your spiritual life.
Make moment by moment decisions to feed rather than deplete your well being for much more energy. Author Frank Crane reminds us of the power of habits, "Habits are safer than rules; you don't have to watch them. And you don't have to keep them either. They keep you." Establish positive habits that raise your energy.
Reduce what you tolerate. Too much of our energy is depleted by the tug of others on our talents, our sympathies, and our goodwill. Heed the following caution. We "put up with" put-downs. We "put up with" tensions. We "put up with" negativity. In putting up with, we lose. We lose energy, momentum, and focus. Enough. Be reminded of famous military leader, George Patton's words, "You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals." Whether family, friend, or foe, save yourself from those who deplete you. If your emotional, faithful, and/or financial support has been depleted, find some space and replenish yourself.
In my life, there is a person who has been an Eyore (remember the sad sack in Winnie the Pooh?). "Nothing" has gone his way. He's never had a real opportunity. He blames, he yells, he blows up. He leaves others crying, gasping, and diminished in his wake. I finally came to my senses, and realized that in all the years of offering support, he made little gain in taking responsibility for his emotions and behaviors. Nor did he make an effort to offer much support to others. Once aware, it became my responsibility to overcome the tug he had on me.
Stuart Wilde, author of The Trick to Money is Having Some, gives us another thought as we let go of what drains us. "You have a divine right to choose whom you will play with and under what circumstances. By eliminating any energy drag, the positive things in your life will resonate faster and faster."
Are you ready for that kind of energy boost?
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