A Rat, A Choice and A Lie
Weekly Letter, 22nd November, 2024
Let's start with positives first, shall we?
Errr... hold on...
So I was... well, actually...
No, no, wait...
Was it on Tuesday? Or... Uhm mm
OK, that's it, fuck it!
There is no positives!!
But it's OK, absolutely fine.
And I am not playing the 'woo-woo good fairy' or toxic happy-go-lucky here...
What I am saying is that, sometimes, things don't go the way we would like them to go.
Nobody wants a leak in their house or the car not switching on or that sudden pain in your lower back that does not go away or your wife cheating on you with your best friend (ouch!)... and a long long list of things we don't welcome in our lives, right?
So the question is...
What do you do with it? 🥴
You can do two very different things:
REACT or RESPOND
Choice Point
This is a "teaching" or a "tool" that you can take with you from now and thank me later.
Everything in life is choice, everything we do, say and even think and, whatever that is, it has a consequence. Always.
That's the law of cause and effect.
Some of those things are simple and relatively insignificant, like what shirt you’ll wear today.
*Although that will still have consequences...the woman of your dreams might be passing you by at the supermarket and notice that beautiful piece of clothing!*
That's why you don't underestimate ANY decision.
Other things are really important and they can be of different nature but let's focus on something perceived as negative like...
Finding a fucking rat the size of your head in your window sill at 1am when you're going to bed after a long flight and airport run!!
That's not only disgusting 🤢 but deeply unsettling 😫.
I think my scream was heard in Iceland that night.
And I was in such a shock that I cannot for the life of me remember how she (that bitch surely was a "she") went down running downstairs.
It could have been passing by my side across the floor or jumping across the bed (please God delete that image from my brain!!).
I cannot remember but she run off after looking at me in the eye 👀
I followed (I guess) and in the hallway I looked inside the living room and there she was underneath the radiator, again, looking at me in the dark...
My reaction was the scream, my legs shaking and my brain zoning out (I think I had a minute of hallucination or something)... but once I was downstairs one minute later I made a choice...
I did shut the fucking living room door and said:
I am outa here, bye-bye critter!
Luckily, I had a place to go (otherwise would have been a hotel?) so off I went.
Obviously that this is not the best psychological analysis of what I am trying to put across with choice/consequence... but I had to tell you the story!! 😅
The good stuff comes now...
Again, I have a few choices, one is to think:
Why me!?? Why my house!? How can this happen to me!! God, why are you doing this to me for!!?? ... 😩
*Note the "victim / I-am-the-center-of-the-Universe mode"
OR
OK, why this? What's the lesson to learn?🤔
I could not find one really but I could see how all the negativity I had absorbed in the visit to my hometown had manifested in the form of… a disgusting rat.
I know how stupid that sounds.
And maybe it is.
Now...I am not reacting if you notice, I choose to respond and therefore, Pest Control are coming over, I am staying somewhere else and it will somehow be sorted out.
(it better be or I am moving the fuck out)
And, not only that, but I am really grateful now because...
Can you imagine it had happened when I am peacefully sleeping in my bed!!???
I would not be writing this letter today but most likely would have died with a heart attack (or a disgust attack if that even exist).
So it was lucky that I had been away and got home so late that I found her wandering in the house, don't you think?
This is the principle where "creating your own reality" lies...is that easy.
You choose to see the glass half full or half empty.
Of course it also involves the electro-magnetism that we, as human beings, operate on but that's a story for another day.
So my message for you today is that you can CHOOSE how you deal with anything in your life.
Think of reaction versus response.
And obviously, in order to be able to respond in a manner that benefits you and the whole, and depending on the type of situation…
working on oneself is a MUST.
By doing so, you'll get to know what triggers you, what do you have unresolved in your psychology and what are your subconscious patterns and habits that make up the life you are experiencing.
It is a fascinating journey, trust me on this.
Lies we have learnt
While deeply affected by this week’s events I just decided to stay on PJs all day and not visit the shower (oops, did I say that out loud?)
And I also have gone deep into my psyche and reflected upon everything.
So this video has come up out of it because there are so many things we got to believe that aren’t true at all!
I was myself burnout and in auto-pilot with one million “have to’s” and now I am free (well, getting there).
I hope it throws light on you as well.
Are you not being spicy today?
Yes! I have recently tried a new spicy dish with cauliflower and I now have an upset stomach as well.
The week could not but end on a high, right?
Last week I was travelling to Spain, this week I am travelling to the toilet 🤣🤣
Oh and by the way, as well as personal development and working on yourself, another tip I want to share is “laugh” at anything, even the bad stuff.
Sense of humour and the capacity to laugh at myself is one of my strengths and it is game-changing.
Try it and let me know how it feels 😄
have a great weekend my friend.
Love,
Rose 🌹