Mary-Elizabeth’s Messages
DEALING WITH RAINY WORKDAYS

Have you heard that most heart attacks happen on Monday mornings?

Research suggests it has to do with stress. Surprise!

I dodged a heart attack, but my past jobs broke my heart and robbed my health. After years of this I HAD to break free, which meant leaving familiar shores and facing choppy waters.

If you’re going through a work storm right now, congratulations!

Rain is the stuff of growth and getting you on track: it means that your thinking could improve about the topic at hand or that you’re drifting away from what your soul wants.

For ages, I was confused about the work my soul wanted. But once I started doing things that made me go, “YAY!” (for real), I saw how my past jobs—the very ones I said wasted my time and talents—had made my “yay work” richer and trained me to start pulling it off.

Nothing’s a waste if you call it fodder or training for something good.

In one job, I wrote reports for Congress, which were picked apart a million ways before seeing the light of day. It was like AAAH!!! then, but given what I love to do now—writing concise stories for you—I’m SO THANKFUL (or maybe just grateful) for the nit-picking.

When you’re like AAAH!!! at work, don’t gripe but ask a productive question:

“How could this be moving me toward something good?”

Then chill and listen to—and follow—your inner voice, so long as it’s saying peaceful things.

And below are other steps you can take to turn rain into sunshine.

DAYDREAM OFTEN:

Imagine what you’d do with unlimited resources.

Don’t fret if you can’t see pictures in your mind. The FEELING is what matters. If an idea feels good, take one step to make it happen in real life. And then keep following the fun…

PUT YOUR DREAMS ON PAPER:

Ideas on paper take on lives of their own.

Have you ever read an old wish list and been surprised that your wishes had come true? I’m not here to explain how but to say write down your wishes. Be bold—they can stay private.

STATE WHAT YOU STAND FOR:

Why fight when you can create what you want?

Fighting hunger isn’t the flipside of feeding people well: we can fight hunger with junk food. A “pro” stance feels better than an “anti” one, and inspires more productive questions.

HEED YOUR HUNCHES:

Hunches are heavenly nudges towards our dreams or something better.

We’re swimming in divine guidance but we block it by 1) not believing in support that we can’t see, and 2) ignoring our “funny feelings” and following logical sense instead.

LET GO OF BURDENSOME BELIEFS:

Your beliefs aren’t always the truth but thoughts you think so much they stick.

You can cling to beliefs that make life harder, or to let them go and test drive others. And if you look, you might see that your beliefs aren’t even yours, but perhaps your mother’s.

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