Mahalo! It's Peace Tuesday!

Yes it is! How will you celebrate Peace today?

I celebrated Peace all week last week while I vacationed in Maui. Which is why, just in case you missed it, you did not receive a Peace Tuesday blog. Several readers thought something was wrong. And really, everything was quite perfect. Which suggests the following Peace Tuesday practice.

Today, whenever you don't know why something is happening or not happening (traffic comes to a halt, someone doesn't call you or misses an appointment), or whenever your expectations aren't met and you don't know why, NOTICE WHAT YOUR BRAIN DOES! Many folks assume the worst. I used to do this "in order to not be devastated when the worst happens"! But that HABIT of assuming the worst kept me in a constant state of turmoil, vigilance and worry. Not too Peaceful that! It was such an all consuming habit for me that my husband began to refer to it as "wasting a worry" when my fear about the unknown turned out not to be true - which was most of the time. "There goes Darlene, wasting another worry", he'd say!

So, this Peace Tuesday, practice catching yourself assuming the worst. Then choose another, more empowering and Peaceful interpretation about what's happening. Write this new interpretation down, and imagine fully what this possibility looks like. Remember it whenever you catch yourself worrying.

I highly recommend reading any of Byron Katie's books for a more in depth look at learning to think more Peacefully. Byron Katie says, "Reality is always kinder than the story we tell ourselves." How true!

Love and Mahalo,

Darlene