Barbara: I have been frustrated the last few days with a task I am doing. Then I received this message this morning. I suspect that this is a universal message, so I am sharing it with you. 🙂

When you let the normal stressors of the world frustrate or upset you, you have lost your way.

Indeed certain things or tasks must be accomplished. However, what is behind the frustration?

Are you trying to “go it alone” without asking for help?

Are you afraid of losing control of the situation or the task?

Is it bigger than you—one person?

Is it yours to do?

Can you name your worries around it?

Are your standards for the project too high? too low?

Step back—out of your EGO self. Recenter yourself in peace and confidence.

Emotions such as anxiety, frustration, or overwhelm, are speaking to you—telling you to PAY ATTENTION. They indicate your ego is in total control. It is no longer YOU who is in control.

Step out of the situation for even a moment to reconnect to the peace you carry within. Find that deep well and linger there. In that space you can re-center and be able to think—not only more clearly, but with greater reason and wisdom.

In that space the ego has no voice. In that space are the answers you seek. Allow them to emerge from the well of peace and confident surety that is within you. Clarity will be yours and right action will follow.

In love, always. Yusef