Remember...You love to Surf

by Marla

Oooof... When you wake up and feel the weight of the world pressing down so hard that it’s like being crushed under water and ground into the sand by that one wave.

This morning was all of this for me. I felt hurt, sad, and confused. Yuck. I had forgotten that I love to surf.

​So right now, in this moment, I am choosing how I desire to feel.

Does this mean I am ignoring, diminishing, discounting, or sweeping under the rug what I’m really feeling??? Nope, because I know all-too-well that these things would only hurt me more and eventually make me sick.

So I journal, write a few forgiveness letters, and step into my goal emotions—FREE, VULNERABLE, and TRUSTING.

“And how do you know what your goal emotions are?” you may be asking. Let me share with you how:
1) Go ahead and take a look at the feeling wheel posted in the comments and find the difficult feelings you may be experiencing.
2) Now, take a ruler and trace across to the Southside of the wheel and find the opposite feeling. These are your goal emotions.

​Remember it’s your g o a l emotions that you desire and you may not actually f e e l them right away. Just remember YOU have the choice regarding how you feel and n o b o d y and n o t h i n g can take that away from you!
Now I’m surfing... Voila!

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