Mindful Voice Integration
Managing Moments on Life's Journey
Don't allow the financial crisis to to dominate your life
It matters little what happens to us, it is how we deal with it and what meaning we attach to it that matters most. There is currently a commercial on TV for an insurance company where a house owner says that if something happens to his house he would have wasted the past 14 years of his life!!!!
Is that all it is about, getting a house and paying it off? Whatever we identify with becomes our reality so if the house is the main thing, the emotion is tense when it is threatened. It does not help much at all if the media, on a daily basis, are telling us how hard it is and cementing this reality.
My brother in Denmark who has a young family, is not expecting to ever own his own home, does he have a good life? -He thinks he has a great life, owning a house is just not his focus.
We have defined Australia as the lucky country, and along with this follows an expectation that if we work hard and "do the right thing" we would increase our wealth and have a good retirement. Now it seems that this ‘promise’ is being denied many Australians.
The first step is to clarify what can be done, where can we save money, what can we change in our life to minimise the impact, is there another way to generate some income, etc?
Once we have done what we can, then whether we feel positive or negative depends on our attitude. Are we going to choose to see the financial ‘crisis’ as the dominant aspect of our lives or are we going to value, notice and appreciate other aspects of our lives? Aspects such as nature, (we are blessed in the Hunter with natural beauty) people close to us, people whom we care about and who care about us, music, reading (libraries are free), walking and other exercise and so on.
There are plenty of delightful things we can engage in to live a fulfilled life.
Perhaps we can seek comfort in Einstein’s observation:
The ideals which have lighted me on my way and time after time given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. . . . The ordinary objects of human endeavour -- property, outward success, luxury -- have always seemed to me contemptible.
Until next time
Warm regards
Charlotte
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