Meditate on this fact. How we treat others is 100% a reflection of how we feel about ourselves. If we are feeling bad about ourselves then our behaviour towards others will be reflect it. If we are feeling happy about ourselves tand our lives then it will be evident in our communications with others.

Why is this important? Because each and every moment of every day we are displaying our emotions. All we need to do is pay attention to our own display and we will be provided with the season of our inner peace. I choose the word season because just like the system of weather on our planet it changes and is influenced by many factors. Just like the weather our emotions are a closed system and cloak us as surely as the atmosphere cloaks the earth.

So the question becomes. Can we change the weather of our emotions? And you will be happy to know the answer is a resounding “yes”. It is possible but not probable unless we do our emotional homework and so this posting is about what can help us.

First and foremost. Please listen carefully. We are always doing our best. We will defeat ourselves and undermine our success if we continue to choose judgement while doing our emotional homework. Judgement is most likely the single most important negative influence on our emotional health. In fact, I see judgement as the cancer of our emotions. It grows and will take over our lives if we do not take steps to eradicate it. So start at the beginning of your emotional inventory by examining and exorcising judgement.

So now that we are in agreement that each of us is at all time sdoing our very best we are open to choosing differently. Just because you had the same feeling today that you have had before does not mean you have to accept it. Think of each emotion as having a central or core sponsoring thought. This thought is what needs to change in order for us to be able experience a different feeling. The feeling is an outcome. The thought sponsors the outcome. Change the thought and we change the outcome. So search for the sponsoring thought to all those emotions you are not enjoying.

So that is the lesson for today, show some respect for ourselves and everyone else automatically will benefit. Notice my own behaviour not others. Be aware of my emotions. Track down the sponsoring thought. Change the thought and the emotions change correspondingly. Create the life you love.