![\"\"](\"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Ted-A.-Moreno.jpg\") Life has been very busy…<\/p>\nIn fact, it has been at times overwhelming, like life has been turned up to a higher speed. Ever feel that way?<\/p>\n I don’t do very well when I feel like life is an out of control ride and I can’t get off. I don’t sleep as well, don’t eat as healthy as I like to. I start to feel out of control.<\/p>\n What\u2019s that line from that Ozzy Osborne song? “I’m going off the rails on a crazy train.”<\/p>\n I know I can’t control how life shows up, but I do try to control my response to whatever life is giving (or throwing at) me. I want to stay calm, positive and un-freaky. It’s not easy.<\/p>\n There are two things I do that are necessary for me to stay sane. One is taking a brisk walk or jog every day, if possible, around the lake near my house.<\/p>\n The other, more important thing, is getting up on Sunday mornings, preferably before 6 am, walking down to the local Starbucks, getting coffee for myself and my wife, and spending a few hours alone in my home office before the world starts getting all noisy.<\/p>\n You know how when you are in a very high place, you see the world differently? Like in an airplane, or a tall building, you get a different perspective?<\/p>\n That Sunday morning time offers me a higher perspective of my life.<\/p>\n It starts when I leave my house and walk out into the cool morning air. I ask myself, “How’s my life? How am I? How are things? What’s happening?”<\/p>\n When I get back into my home office, maybe I’ll write in a journal, usually stuff that’s pissing me off, but also things that seem weird or interesting in my life. I’ll pull a book off the book shelf randomly and just open it to see if there is some wisdom I’m meant to have. I’ll listen to music.<\/p>\n This is how I create space on a weekly basis to step out of the stream of my life and check it out from a different perspective. It makes me feel as if I’m enjoying the ride rather than just racing to the grave.\u00a0Oftentimes, I see things about my life I didn’t see before.<\/p>\n I create the space and time to view my life from a higher place, and it’s a place of non-judgement, a place of peace and observation, with the intent to be mindful of the experience of life.<\/p>\n I’m sure many of you already do something like this, like sitting on your deck, or meditating or going to church or temple. If you don’t, consider giving it a try.<\/p>\n Space and time, these are the things that can get very scarce in our modern lives. Give them to yourself as a gift.<\/p>\n Ted A. Moreno<\/a> is a hypnotherapist, success performance coach, published author, educator and sought-after speaker who helps his clients become free from fear and anxiety, procrastination and bad habits such as smoking.<\/p>\n He is a Certified Hypnotherapist, Certified NLP Practitioner, and holds the Master Certification as a Therapeutic Imagery Facilitator.\u00a0In addition, Ted is an\u00a0Honors Graduate\u00a0of the\u00a0Hypnosis Motivation Institute\u00a0and a recipient of the\u00a0Director\u2019s Award\u00a0from HMI, awarded for exceptional professional achievement during clinical residency. Ted\u2019s book,\u00a0\u201cThe Ultimate Guide to Letting Go of Negativity and Fear and Loving Life\u201d\u00a0is available on\u00a0Amazon.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n |