I realised I could feel better than 98% of people

I once woke up one overcast Tuesday and felt like I’d aged six years overnight.

I hadn’t been to war. I hadn’t fought a bear. I even ate something other than pizza the night before.

But there I was, exhausted by 9am. Irritable, drained and dreading the day ahead.

Mornings like these used to confuse me.

But years of learning psychology, emotional freedom and mindfulness helped me see the truth:

I was clinging to a lie.

A lie is merely a thought.

Ephemeral, cloudy and translucent.

But my gosh, does it affect how I feel.

Especially when running the same lies repeatedly (many of us don’t realise we’re doing this for up to hours per day).

I feel it like a heavy weight because I cling like a stubborn fly to that lie.

It’s the obsessive holding on to unhelpful thought patterns that causes the pain.

I juggle one thought from the next, but essentially they’re the same ones:

“I need to be more successful by now.”

Or “I’m never going to have the brains or wit to live a rewarding life.”