PROGRESS!!!

[Guest guest]

Here's one for you - my job is really stressful. I have a lot of work to do and

yet most of my time is spent assuaging my micro-managing boss who's always

reacting to something. We have a situation at work that has him totally spun

and he's in and out of my office all day (not that he isn't most days anyway).

At one point, I was groping around frantically for some chocolate (having been

struggling to NOT make it forbidden and yet not wanting to eat it).

I finally found some and was gnawing off a chunk when I suddenly realized, " I'm

stressed! " .

What a revelation! LOL.

But you know, in the past I would have never known that I was stressed until

much later, only that I was eating chocolate. My focus would have been totally

in shame and blame and now I feel very different about the incident. And,

hopeful that I can make change in my life.

Becoming conscious in the moment is such a hard thing to do - it's so bizarre

and yet probably so very normal, given the givens.

So - maybe next time I'll realize I'm stressed earlier - nah - I'll just stop

there and let this be my success story. It is a first for me. I was stressed -

and I realized it even though I had a mouth full of a stale LOOK candybar.

End of story.

Sandarah