Dwelling On What If's Part I - Taking Control of Errant Thoughts

Whassup bro's!

It's funny how one particular song can get stuck in your head for seemingly no apparent reason, isn't it?

For me, at the minute, it's Stevie Ray Vaughn's "House is Rockin'" and every time I listen to it, it just glues itself onto my brain for ages afterwards. I listened to "In Step", still one of my favourite albums from SRV, earlier when sat on the front step of my flat and I got to reminiscing about these past six years having a car.

Yes, mine's still out front until I can bring myself to arrange it to be taken away or fixed, which'll have to come sooner rather than later because I need the money, for my extra week's rent this month. I just find it funny how things work out because a little under an hour ago, I got a text from my mum to say they've dispatched of their car too.

Isn't it funny how things work out?

In the problems I've had with mine, they've re-assessed what they were spending on theirs and opted to get rid also. I must admit that this has been a tough time for me, because I often found myself wondering just how much worse could my life get. I have no job. No financial prospects. Now I have no car to go with all of this.

Perspective

That's what it's all about, remember some of my recent posts have been all to do with getting you to see the value that having perspective has on your day to day existence.

Now, I flip it on its head and say that I have my health, I have an awesome flat to live in, I have the essentials such as hot water and the ability to cook for myself, so any complaints that I have are by-the-by when it comes to my daily life.

It doesn't mean I'm immune to feeling like the world has just crapped given me lemons, because it is just one of those things that happens from time to time. What it does mean is that I have been teaching myself, thanks to all that I've been through lately, not to dwell on such lemons and instead make lemon meringue pie, one of my favourite desserts that I still need to learn how to make!

I have to temper any desire to linger on these feelings of helplessness and abandonment in terms of living by myself because I've already confess the difficulties that put me through. It left me feeling devoid of any valuable contribution toward society, which is nonsense as we all contribute something.

So my advice to you, going forward, is not to let these 'what if' scenarios control how you feel. Your feelings are merely chemical reactions that grow or shrink depending on which one you feed. In fact someone else said it better: -

Final Thought

There is a greal deal of wisdom in this tale and I'm glad I've come across it again because it is so true and it reminds me to always be on my guard no matter what I'm doing because these thoughts don't need permission to come across our paths. We can be walking the dog, washing the dishes, wherever... the point of it all is that we don't have to: -

“Whatever challenges you may face, whatever circumstances are weighing you down, you can choose your response. How you live your life is totally up to you.” Joel Osteen

Again, like always, I hope I'm providing succour to at least one person's woes because that makes all of this effort worth it. Part two next week...

It's all for you, bro's!

Peace off!

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