Maybe you've heard the concept of upper limits?
Upper limits are the ceiling, the highest level each of us can go when it comes to health or wealth or happiness. (I should probably write "and" here rather than "or", actually).
We get taught by our parents or caregivers certain beliefs about what's right and wrong, good and bad, possible and impossible. We get another layer of this "conditioning" from the media, from our teachers and preachers, and from the culture we were nurtured within.
I have spent a lot of time working through old, unhelpful patterns when it comes to the things I was taught (deliberately and unconsciously) about money. That is still a work in progress, by the way!
I've also recently spent more time looking at the programs I have around how healthy I'm "allowed" to be. Since my family aren't exactly the healthiest people on the planet then to become vitally healthy would challenge all my family patterns.
The same goes for being "too" happy. I wrote a post yesterday about being joyful and today I had an awesome day from a business perspective with great sessions, interesting conversations with friends, a run and a walk, and lovely weather.
But my body is struggling.
And when I'm not feeling totally frustrated I actually find it fascinating.
Did I get too happy? Did I have too much success? Have I hit an upper limit?
My thought: yes. Yes, I think I did.
What am I going to do about it?
Gently nurture my body and send love to the parts of my body that hurt, the parts of me that feel frustrated and angry, and try to be at peace with what is as much as humanely possible.
This was a HiveBloPoMo post. This is Day 7 of 30. I really did not feel like writing this post. With my body struggling I was really not in the mood. I share this for the benefit of others who might also be doing HBPM. The only thing I could write that would feel at all authentic is to write about how I'm feeling and what I'm thinking. So that's exactly what I did. Let's hope I feel a whole lot better tomorrow 🤞