A Habitropolis Adventure
The Habit Destroying Twins
Derailed by an energy storm
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Feeling around in the dark, our hero trips over a bump in the ground and stumbles toward the small pool of water. The hero drinks deeply, feeling the life-giving fluid invigorate every muscle. Stretching, those muscles swelled with power to keep Apathia away.
However, our hero had no idea how to get out. With no container to bring the water on the journey ahead, the hero was at a loss. What if I stray too far, and can’t find my way back? The thoughts began to swarm, a sense of panic creeping in. They collected rocks from the ground — perhaps I could make a container somehow? The flurry of activity merged with panic to funnel into something brand new.
That’s how the twins were born.
Picking up the hero in powerful gusts of wind, they churned the very air into glowing static around them. Around and around they went, never making any progress here or there, but illuminating the small cavern — and more importantly, its exits — completely.
If only I had a way to capture their glow, our hero mused. The circular motion made it difficult to think, however, and after awhile thoughts became nearly impossible.
Instead, the hero relaxed into the spin and let go of everything but being in the moment. The twin energy funnels began to slow down, reducing greatly in size. Before long, they were tiny dust devils zooming away at our hero’s feet!
While not as powerful as before, the pair still lit up a fair distance around them. As a bonus, they happily spun along the hero’s frame, seeming to enjoy the nature of their hair especially.
Weather The Energy Storms
Sometimes there seems like too much going on in life to keep up the habits you were working on. Or even that you can’t see the next step before you, and end up feeling stuck. Whatever the case, it’s likely your mind will have a rush of activity, and you’ll be caught spinning in an energy storm of your very own.
While there are many ways to handle these storms, one of the easiest, most accessible and effective ways is to meditate. Some studies even show meditation may be as effective as medication!
However, often we may not have the time to consider helpful tools, and the storm scrambles us up — we may not even have time to realize there was a storm until it’s over! As the debris settles, we may look around at our lives and wonder whether it’s even worth picking up where we left off.
— Spoiler: it is. —
It may feel a lot like starting over, but that’s ok. Building habits is filled with starts and storms — the important thing is to keep trying! Find the hero within you, and give them the light they need to see through the darkness.
What Light, you ask?
The light of energy and awareness!
When energy storms pull you in, they give you a gift among the chaos: an instant perspective shift! Sometimes that change in your view can help us see other things more clearly, even if just a little.
If that doesn’t happen, that’s ok. There’s always next time!
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