What we hear matters
This week we have heard and seen news that felt senselessly cruel and awful. For most, a full body response was felt from tears to nausea to having no words other than
"Not again, this has to stop."
I have sat down at my computer with a hot cup of coffee many times this week trying to put into words what I feel and how to help soothe this situation and I have found myself with no words.
It is in moments like this where I lean into my faith. Sometimes it is hard for us to understand the intricate plan that God has laid out for our lives but what I know for sure is that we are always being blessed.
In the tragic moments, it is too raw and too painful to see how we are being blessed but this is where we deepen our faith and trust and know there is a plan of blessing on its way.
I trust that good will come from this tragedy.
Political change, personal change and living life more on purpose. Each of us living for the lives that were lost.
Becoming the good citizen in honor of the student who had won her good citizenship award that very morning.
Make this situation matter in your life.
How can you create a life filled with more love to help ultimately raise the energetic vibration of the planet? As the energetic vibration raises, tragedy falls away.
When one is loved, all are loved because we are all connected.
What we say matters. What we hear matters.
When we hear frightening news, it can trigger our anxiety. When we can recognize this trigger, we can begin to unpack our anxiety and heal.
What happens in a scary movie right before terror strikes? There is a creak in the floorboard or creepy music that triggers your system. This in itself is an anxiety trigger.
Audible triggers are not limited to scary movies.
Has your anxiety been a bit worse this week? Have you been listening to the news too much? I know I have this week. On one hand, it aids in our grieving process, on the other hand, it can cause us to experience more anxiety if we are not careful.
Have you been around toxic friends or family members? In The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, even profanity is described as verbal assaults to the soul- there are no truer words.
What verbal anxiety triggers have you been experiencing? Have words that you've been sharing causing someone else anxiety?
How can you do better?
Using less profanity, listening to kinder music, watching less news, calling someone and telling them you love them, writing in a gratitude journal.
You can manage your anxiety triggers by defining them first and placing appropriate boundaries around the situations and relationships necessary to eliminate this exposure and ultimately heal your anxiety trigger.
You can also be your own healing agent by surrounding yourself with healing and loving words and music.
How can you take this tragedy and make your life more purposefully loving in honor of these lives lost? Who can you reach out to and call today to connect? How can you make a difference in your life?
We are all connected. As you make your world a more loving place, the collective world becomes a more loving place.
Join me for this week's meditation, Healing your anxiety trigger: sounds that trigger, and begin to soothe the place within you that is triggered by the sounds that come into your space.
Much love,
Erin