| We all have our moments when we slide into that | | | | beyond our control. And when we struggle against it, |
| beaten down spot and find ourselves wallowing in | | | | we only enhance our struggle. Whereas, if we |
| thoughts that keep us there. It's as if one picks up | | | | choose to be centered rather than being right, we |
| where one's former batterer left off. | | | | move out and away from the struggle. And from |
| When that happens, nip it in the bud. In the same | | | | here, no battle ensues. |
| way that you may quash a cold coming at its early | | | | 3) Do what you love and the money will follow |
| onset (at the very first sign of it coming on), you | | | | When you do what you love, you become centered |
| arrest its progression. | | | | and the pure positive energy abounds. And the more |
| | | | you do it, the more and more it keeps creeping in, |
| How to Nip It in the Bud | | | | showing up and occupying your day, your days and |
| 1) Be in and come from pure positive energy | | | | before you know it, your life. |
| Come to know the experience of time stopping and | | | | If you are a domestic abuse survivor and you bump |
| inner elevated calm emerging from within. Let this be | | | | up against your own inner demons, stop and say |
| the wallpaper mood of your day. Acknowledge it | | | | NEXT. By merely noticing the demon for what it is |
| when it's there and inspire it when it's not. | | | | and deciding to intentionally set it down, walk away, |
| 2) Choose to be centered over being right | | | | refuse to give it any more energy, it subsides...and |
| Sometimes our struggles evolve from circumstances | | | | ultimately can let go of you. |