“Pressure is the result of limitations we put on ourselves to produce outcomes we don’t control.”
I’m going to sit with that one for a bit. As someone who has been without a reliable income since losing my job in late April, I’ve caught myself lately expressing variations of “I’m really feeling the pressure in my finances.”
I think, for me at least, a lot of it is wrapped up in not wanting to disappoint people I care about — whether the family members who have helped me so often in the past that I dread the idea of needing to go to that well again, or my children, who while they have everything they absolutely NEED, still hear ‘no,’ when they ask for anything extra they may want.
That’s when I have to do some breathing and a round or two of EFT tapping, reminding myself “they’re just numbers” to calm myself down enough to face my bills or restore my confidence enough to apply for yet another job.
But even writing this bit of self-reflection is boosting my spirits. I know what to do to reduce the pressure and restore calm. I have made it through hard times before. And I’ve done enough inner work that I’ve made friends with my emotions. I know with the depth that only experience gives that the saying “this, too, shall pass” applies to both outer and inner circumstances.
