The best thing you can do is relax

Ever get worked up because you aren't meeting expectations, especially yours? I am much harder on myself than I am on anyone else. The truth is, I have a hard time with making mistakes. I know, with all the mistakes that I make, I should have learned by now to not let it bother me as much. But, I do.

I just do not like to mess up, at all. I want to do everything correctly every time. I want to get it right every time, completely right. Now, again, I have messed it up enough that I should be easier on myself but I am just not. And, when I really come down on myself, I try to remember that we all make mistakes and what I messed up can be fixed.

Today's word is an old Chinese proverb, which says, "Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are."

Sometimes, I get really tense about messing up, which only creates an atmosphere more conducive to messing up. So, it just starts a vicious cycle - mess up, get tense, mess up worse, get more tense, mess up even worse...you get the idea.

When you find yourself getting tense because you are trying to do something correctly, that is perfectly normal. However, and I am trying to remind myself, getting more tense about it will only cause me to mess up more. It is much easier said than done, but, the truth is, when things are the most tense, the best thing you can do is relax.

Be Blessed,
Mickey T