What's in your cup ?

Imagine you are holding a cup of coffee when someone comes along and bumps into you or shakes your arm, making you spill your coffee everywhere. AUGH !!!!
​Why did you spill the coffee? 
"Because someone bumped into me!!!"
Wrong answer.
You spilled the coffee because there was coffee in your cup. 
Had there been tea in your cup, you would have spilled tea.
Whatever is inside your cup is what will spill out.
When life comes along and shakes you (which WILL happen), whatever is inside you will come out. It's easy to fake it, until you get rattled.
Ask yourself... “what's in my cup?"
When life gets tough, what spills over?
Joy, gratefulness, peace and humility? 
Anger, bitterness, harsh words and reactions? 
Life provides the cup, YOU choose how to fill it. 
Just for today,  work towards filling your cup with gratitude, forgiveness, joy, words of affirmation; and kindness, gentleness and love for others.

Without doubt, it's tough to find positives in these scary times of COVID. It's tough to stay calm, to be patient, to isolate, to be grateful or peaceful. Many of these won't come naturally, but they are available to you with a bit of effort. Make that effort. Fill your cup with wellness and allow that to spill out. You're worth it. 


Karen J Fluet Roy, LMHC, BSN RN, NCC
( the analogy was something borrowed from one I've heard in the past. It holds true. I thought I would share it with you. Be safe. ) 

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