Can’t Beat the Hope Out of Me

I’m one of those people who hasn’t always felt that they live up to their full potential. At minimum, I’m one of those people who really, really just wants to be a better me. Sometimes, stuff gets in the way. Most of it is self-sabotage. Other times, I find myself buying into something someone else may have said about me or done to me. Worse yet, there are times when I talk myself into believing that something is going on when nothing at all IS going on. That’s more self-delusion, I think.

Regardless, the most important remedy to such situations is to allow my true self to enter into and be fully present in the moment. If I can reconnect with the realization that I am consciousness observing the moment, then the emotion passes, and I can see the moment with more clarity. Emotion is useful; there is a great deal of wisdom and intelligence inherent in our emotions. The idea is not to suppress them. Instead, the idea is to objectively observe the emotion, feel the emotion, then utilize the emotion. The most important thing is to never let the emotion rule the moment. Things can get messy at that point.

I can be a better me. Even if I miss the mark this time, there is always hope…hope that I will hit it next time. Can’t beat the hope out of me.