A Beach, soft sand under my feet…I’m sitting with my feet playing with that soft sand, it’s warm and beautiful. Looking at the ocean in front of me; looking at the sunrise. The breeze is winding through my hair and I can hear the waves coming from the ocean. It’s so warm and relaxing. My eyes are closed and I’m breathing in this beautiful smell of ocean, I’m so relaxed now that the only thing I can hear is the waves and the only smell I can feel is ocean. Nothing is going through my head, I’m concentrating on the sound of the ocean waves and the smell that I want to keep in as long as I can. Stay there…and only there.
I call this a visualizing technique that helps one relax, even if you are doing it in the comfort of your own home. That’s all it takes for you to relax and not to think of your problems or anything that troubles you and creates stress. As long as you stay there, don’t get distracted, just relax and imagine the place that makes you feel safe, relaxed and happy.
We all come into situations where our mind is traveling 100 km/h and in order for you to deal with your issues, stress, problems, depression or whatever it is that is bothering you; you need to slow down. And you won’t be able to do that unless you quiet your mind. You have to quiet your chattering mind and visualize the place where you feel good, the place that no one can interrupt or disturb you.
My visualization is something that makes me feel good and relaxed, I myself love ocean and the feeling of warmth – this thought makes me relax my shoulders, soften my eyes and most importantly, allows me to just let go.
I can do that any time I want. I can do it in the morning while showering, or when I have my lunch break or working; my type of work allows me to do that, or I can do that when I come home while watching TV or before bed time. The reason I do this every day is because I release my stress or anything bad that happened that day so I don’t carry it on for the next day and day after next and so on.
So when it comes to an issue I will be more aware and calm so that I can solve anything that’s bothering me and continue to be happy and positive.
If I didn’t do that, the problems would accumulate and I would become stressed out because there is just so much that I can’t handle. Again, take a deep breath and relax, go to your special place and stay there, until you feel good.
Every morning when you wake up thank God for it and every night you go to bed thank God for the smooth day that you had; it could have been worse. Thank God for being healthy what else can you ask for? Say “I love you” to people that you care about, mean it, say thank you and hug people, it feels good both ways.
If you want things to get better in your life you have to start believing that they will, you have to be positive no matter how many times you were crushed down, you brush yourself off and you get up and go and you stay positive. You go to your little special place to recharge you batteries, 10 minutes out of the whole day is all you need.
Not everybody has a perfect life, but those that do, ah well, good for them.
I don’t want to compare my life to other people’s lives, because if I do, there will be no reasoning for my existence.
I would find 1001 thing that’s wrong with my life and I would hate my life by this point now.
But what do I want?
That’s a question to ask yourself. What do you want?
If you are asking me, I would love to have a house on the beach, let’s say, Bermuda, where my kids are running around and I’m chasing them down the beach, where my husband in the mean time, is sitting on the porch and enjoying a beautiful sunset…
But let’s be realistic.
What I want out of my life is very simple. To have a normal house, to have a husband who cares for me, to have a job that makes me feel good, to be healthy and to be positive in my life. All these things, people or places are achievable if you know how to reach for the stars. Life is beautiful, and by just knowing what you want and how to create that world is where the ‘beautiful’ world for you is achieved.
So take time to relax and stay positive because with doing just this, you are making your life beautiful.
-Adisa Bahtijarevic
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