Atmacoaching

Sometimes one thing happens, and we become aggressive or disappointed. If we look clearly, it feels like it is enough of such things. That means internally we have been stacking those bad things. It did not happen just this one time. We have been counting those times.

What about if we push a button and we start stacking the good, the good things happening in our lives…??

"Your mind is like a piece of land planted with many different kinds of seeds: seeds of joy, peace, mindfulness, understanding, and love; seeds of craving, anger, fear, hate, and forgetfulness.
These healthy and unhealthy seeds are always there, sleeping in the soil of your mind.
The quality of your life depends on the seeds you water. If you plant tomato seeds in your gardens, tomatoes will grow.
Just so, if you water a seed of peace in your mind, peace will grow.
When the seeds of happiness in you are watered, you will become happy. When the seed of anger in you is watered, you will become angry.
The seeds that are watered frequently are those that will grow strong."
~ Thich Nhat Hanh

It is April 2021, one year after the first lock down was placed in March 2020 in Austria. I remember realizing I will be all alone at home, working from home, meeting no one. My first thoughts were, how can I escape from this terrible situation, be with some loving, caring friends. I started thinking where could I go to stay for few days, before the official lockdown begins.
Then I called my parents, 10000 miles away and my dad said “ you have gone to 10- days silent meditation before, where you chose to be only with yourself and took a break from day to day life and reflected. Why don’t you use this lockdown just like those meditation retreats?”
That stroke my mind. I decided to do so.
We can always choose a thought for every situation.
What does this situation mean for me?
How can I come up with an empowering meaning for me?