Quote: The Flow of Life

"That is your only choice. Upstream or not. Of course it's nice when you're choosing downstream and you're so good at it that you can really choose it. But your choice in any moment is really, to feel worse or better. Worse or better. I could beat the drum of this situation and make it worse, or I could just stop talking about it and make it better." ~Abraham Hicks (on moving with the flow of life)
I love this quote. Today I had a couple of things not work out exactly as I would have wished them to, and I was beginning to feel worse and worse about them as I continued to "beat the drum" of how bad I thought my situation was. When I caught myself. I realized I had a choice in that moment, to either let petty circumstances affect me and distort my view of the world, or to just let them go and feel good anyway! Upon this realization, playing the victim started to seem a little bit silly, which honestly frustrated me a little, but there was only one obvious answer. So I let it go! Or rather, "it" let go of me; the story inside my head that is.
If what we desire more than anything is to feel good, then we have to accept that feeling anything else is a trade-off we are making, for something we think is more important at the time. If you want to feel bad, or sad, or angry, then by all means feel it! Just know that you're choosing it. Once there is the space and knowledge of the choice regarding our reactions to circumstances, the emotional suffering immediately begins to lessen; we are no longer the victim. When we realize we have choice, we are liberated and empowered. Know that you always have a choice.