I decided to take time out today to bring my dog to the beach. It is one of my favorite places to go. I always feel energized and uplifted there. I love the crashing waves, the sea breeze and racing with my dog up and down the water’s edge. I also get a lot of messages from the Angels whenever I go so I always bring my recorder in case of a special message. Often the messages move through me quickly and if I don’t take note of them in someway I will forgot all the details by the time I get back to the car.
So today as I walked my beloved canine pal “Sugar”, I got a message from the Angels about how the language we use can either create fear or help us avoid fear altogether.
They said the words “What if” can bring fear to our being and lowers our vibration. They began to give me examples that they say we often use in our language and in our internal self-talk.
“What if I am not good enough.
What if I make a mistake.
What if I make the wrong decision.
What if, what if, what if!!!!”
Of coursed I recognized these two little ‘What If’, who doesn’t! The Angels reminded me of how I had begun to create stress in my body as I had allowed fear to creep into the arrangements of my husbands birthday party just the week previously. They reminded me of the language I had used -
“What if I don’t have enough food! What if I have forgotten to ask someone. What if it rains! What if no-one comes! What if someone spills red wine on the white carpet!” etc…
I had been aware during the week of how stressed I was becoming. I was often over sensitive to my beloved questions about the party arrangements and snappy with him. I needed to work extra hard to maintain my balance with yoga, breathe work, alone time, mantras and chanting. However I had not been fully aware, at the time, of the two deadly words “What If” that had been feeding the stress by creating the fear.
So as I walked today I asked the Angels what other words I could have used. They suggested “I wonder”. They asked me to substitute these two little words and to see how different my body reacted. So I did
“I wonder if I don’t have enough food, what will I do? -order pizza
I wonder if I have forgotten to ask someone, how would that be? -invite them over for dinner another night
I wonder if it rains, what will I do? -get a bouncy castle with a roof & set up extra chairs indoors
I wonder if no-one comes how will I react? – they will come!
I wonder if someone spills red wine on the white carpet how will I deal with that? – buy a carpet stain remover & get the carpets cleaned the next day! “
This experience was very different. Instead of stress in my body I felt relaxed and empowered. Try it next time you hear those two little words appear in your negative internal or external talk “What If” and shift to “I Wonder”
You are loved & all is Well
Siobhan & the Angels