Would You Stress Over a Lost Shoe?

This morning I went for a beautiful 6km run with my 1 year old boy and Abbey my dog. The run was a mixture of neighbourhood, downtown, and trail. The last quarter of the run we were on trail and I had my dog off leash.

From around a bend in the trail we were surprised by another dog off leash. My dog immediately went in protective mode and attacked this cute dog. The dog was fine. Fortunately it sounded worse then it was. I apologized to the owner and we actually both laughed about it as we parted. If this happened to me 10 years ago I would have felt guilty and stupid for even having her off leash. But, it was what it was. My dog was acting like a dog…go figure.

I finished off the run and arrived at my house looking forward to a cold glass of water when I realized one of my sons sandals were missing (I purchased this pair 3 weeks ago). He has a bad habit of chucking things out of the stroller. I decided to back track, being hopeful he chucked it out within the last 10 minutes. I went back through the trails for 15 minutes and no shoe in sight. Disappointed, but still hopeful I’d find it on another run, I made my way back home, adding an additional 30 minutes onto my original 6km run. Was I pissed off? Stressed? Did I feel dumb? Nope. …how would that have helped the situation? I was disappointed, but I was ready to let go of that negative energy. I accepted the energy I had built up, than I breathed it out directing it all to the sun and filled myself with the beautiful energy of nature.

Back at the house my son wanted to play some ball before going inside. After playing for about 10 minutes we walked back towards our front walkway and what did I see sitting in the garden? His shoe. It was there all along. Wow…good thing I didn’t waste my energy being angry about something that really didn’t happen.

What ever your day dishes you today, find a way of releasing the negative and replacing it with the brilliance of living.

2 Comments so far:

1. mommykinz says:

   June 11, 2011 at 11:01 am

   The motto at our house these days is, "there's always a solution!"
   I'm trying to break my daughter's habit of panicking over problems before she thinks of how to solve it. If it lessens Theo drama I'll be one happy momma!

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2. Jacquie Hermans - Inspirational Entertainer, Speaker and Corporate Trainer says:

   July 31, 2011 at 11:26 pm

   I have one daughter who loves drama – it's part of her personality type. If you have any great SOLUTIONS to breaking her habit of panicking over problems immediately…please share=0)

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