STOP – It’s Your Choice

Anger, Conflict, Hatred: Emotions that steal your life’s time

I woke this morning thinking about recent life experiences.  In my opinion, it seems we have all been on roller coasters for the past few years. So much is being thrown at us on a daily basis in so many different aspects that impact our lives. I, for one, am so tired of the stress and uncertainty that greet us on an every day basis.

However, I believe we can stop the emotional roller coaster by becoming aware of, and shifting, emotions that do not serve us.

Our emotions cause our behaviors and actions.  Our behaviors and actions have impact on each one of us, individually, as well as impact everyone around us.

It’s very evident that negative emotions create a negative and downward spiral for your personal feelings and behaviors and your actions towards others.  This can be in any type of relationship, organization, or just getting sucked into the news cycle.

     – It robs your time.

     – It robs your life enjoyment.

     – It robs your relationships with others.

     – It wastes your day, week, month, etc.

First Step:  Awareness

     – Take a moment to stop.

     – Evaluate your feelings.

     – Try to determine what is called the “root” cause of the feeling to identify what is the actual cause.

Next:  Ask yourself – what can you do about the situation?

• •      – If you cannot change what is the cause of your feelings, you need to remember to STOP and change your perspective so you can move forward.
  •      – If you can change something, start small to change that cause to a potential different outcome.

It may seem too simple, but I believe it really is that simple.

We can let our emotions destroy our life and steal our time, or we can shift our feelings and just carry on.  Personally, I believe so many people have lost years of living.

Take a second to evaluate your recent life experience.

Know there are only these 2 choices.  We can keep on heading down this same path, or we can become aware of our emotions, feelings and resulting behaviors and start to shift.

Make your decision, today, to decide that it is truly time to enjoy your life.

It is Time to Play.

Love,

Doreen

# # #

Doreen Guma, MA, FACHE, CPHRM, CPC, CLC:  Doreen holds a Bachelor of Science in Management, a Masters in Business and Policy Studies, is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, a Certified Social and Emotional Intelligence Coach, Certified Professional Coach, Certified Life Coach, and the author of the book, If I Knew Then What I Know Now, Our Quest for Quality of Life.

Doreen is the founder of the Time to Play Foundation, a 501c3 not for profit organization with the mission and purpose to enrich the lives of others through programs, public awareness outreach activities, events and learning opportunities that further the concept of enjoying life.  The Foundation’s website, www.TimetoPlayFoundation.org, has resources, events and articles for a person to learn what they need to know for a better life.  Contact Doreen at 631-331-2675 or email: doreen@timetoplay.com

The Foundation offers an unconventional approach in a non-threatening manner to provide solutions for the life situations that people may encounter.  Working in healthcare since 1987, and with her background in quality improvement, she has followed statistics showing our society’s current evolution to be more “sick and sad”.   She developed the Time to Play Philosophy:  you have to be happy, healthy, have money and a work / life balance for quality of life and believes everyone has the ability to enjoy life.