Day 39 - A Year to Clear - It's Only Weather

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Lesson 39: It's Only Weather

Today was about repeating a mantra if we had feelings of discomfort such as sadness, fear, worry, attachment etc. The mantra is “It’s only weather”. From there I am to observe what happens.

I had anxiety leaving my house today. I wanted to go out and get dinner and sometimes I have this irrational anxiety about leaving the house. Sometimes I just can’t seem to leave out of some fear or social anxiety. And it’s not that I’m lazy to leave the house, it’s more that I just can’t seem to do it. I decided to do this mantra. I closed my eyes and repeated it out loud. It really felt uplifting. It was like a weight was lifted from just a simple sentence.

Although I didn’t get to adopt this very often today, I will use it for every future day and slowly release those types of feelings. Sometimes simplicity is the key.