Have you ever noticed when you are on vacation you simply feel better physically, mentally and emotionally? Most of the time we credit this to the location we are visiting. We may find ourselves fantasizing about what it would be like to live in the place we are visiting and have a difficult time returning home.
Of course our surroundings can have an effect on how we view life, beautiful scenery and "perfect" weather make it much easier to relax and enjoy ourselves, but I think if we look deeper we will see that it's not the scenery change that is shifting how we feel, it's our mindset.
When we are on a vacation we let things go that we normally spend hours at home focusing on and worrying about. We focus more on relaxing and enjoying every minute of our trip. We let go of our daily struggles and let ourselves enjoy the world around us with a fresh excited view. As our bodies and minds relax it becomes easier to enjoy ourselves and we feel physically better.
I wonder if we were to try to stop focusing so much on our worries and stop focusing on what we view as negative or "wrong" in our daily lives if we could in a sense take a vacation where ever we are. Maybe we could find ourselves able to relax and enjoy our daily lives. Perhaps we could even see our lives with a fresh excited view and be opened to enjoying every single precious minute of it.
Could we use our thoughts, our mindset, to transform our mundane, depressing, even difficult lives into something wonderful and full of joy?
Perhaps if we work on healing ourselves emotionally, mentally and spiritually we will find physical healing and we will be capable of being happy and healthy where ever we are in any situation. If we can shift our thoughts from focusing on only what is "wrong" and seek to find joy in every nook and cranny of our lives maybe our lives would become more joy filled. Perhaps we could view our "real" life as a vacation every day.
Wouldn't that be wonderful?
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