RESET

It’s Monday! Time to reset!

Happy Monday! It’s a day for me where RESET has been integral to the moment.

Last night was a full on flare up. I had the worst nerve pain in my left arm that was comparable to getting frost bite. I also had super sharp pains chaotically going into my large lower back muscles. I was seriously about ready to have my arm amputated, and thought there was nothing that I could do. I wondered and worried– am going back there, or worse? All too many could’ve should’ve would’ve thoughts.

I don’t even know how I settled into a sleep. I woke up nauseous and jumped out of bed before really feeling things. I almost keeled over, looking at my crutches- I took a deep breath and said to myself, RESET!

I chose to not hit the snooze button because that would have left me in the state I found myself. It would have kept my thoughts and self doubt festering. It would have been torture to stay that way.

I thought, what word can I apply today to make it through- to cope, or better yet, thrive and be productive — RESET!

When we hit RESET, it will immediately release all of the unnecessary burdens we allow to distract us from being in the moment. Just like these contractors surveying. There was so much leading up to that moment, and there’s so much going on all around them. But the fact of the moment is that all that matters is that one shot, that one measurement.

It’s like that with life. We are all our own surveyors. We can and do readjust and realign because change is constant. So, when we get stuck with overwhelming feelings (physically or emotionally) it’s best to say RESET!