What Are Lost Days?
Lost days happen from time to time.
There were plans. Ideas were plotted out. And then, things happened…and before I know it the day has flown by. It’s after five, and everything I have planned out hasn’t come to pass.
Then, just to add a little more fun to it for my own entertainment, I have been struggling with writing this post.
Before I get annoyed, or start along a downward spiral, it’s important to acknowledge that lost days will happen.
What is a lost day? It is a day where despite plans and plots, things do not go as you would have wanted. Maybe you had a car accident, got sick, got distracted, or any number of other possibilities. The day got away, and before you know it…it’s lost.
This is not a bad thing. But it can be really super frustrating.
It can be very hard to feel in control when you lose your day.
I think everyone has had this happen to them. The thing is…when all is said and done, it is ok.
When this happens, it’s important not to become discouraged. This is a natural part of life. Things happen that, no matter what we do, are completely beyond our control.
Some things involve other people. At times it’s circumstantial. At other times it can be both circumstances and people. Since the only thing we have direct control over is our own selves, this can and will happen.
I can only be in control of my body, my thoughts, feelings, and actions. There is nothing else or nobody else I have total control over. This can, at times, be somewhat difficult to accept. But when we do, we are also better prepared to handle losing the day.
Lost days can find new opportunities
Once we accept that we have lost the day, we can take this and shift matters. We can seek out new and different opportunities.
How? By being open to what the Universe is showing us. Alright, the plans for the day didn’t work out. Has there still been good in the day? Did different things happen that would not have if everything had gone as expected?
Even if it has been a no-good, lousy, horrific day…it will come to an end. Tomorrow is another day. We can dwell on all that goes wrong and allow ourselves to feel awful…or we can accept, let the bad pass, and rather than hold onto it, move ahead.
A lot of the things that make us craziest and are most upsetting are those things we hold onto. In the present moment, by-and-large, we are simply here. Wherever here may be. Right here and now everything is copacetic. Life is. And, as such, any upset is a memory of the past or worry for the future.
This feels like total bullshit sometimes. We all experience negative feelings and receive bad when we wanted good. But the things that upset us are most often not due to anything in the here-and-now – they are based on thoughts of what has happened or has yet to come to pass.
It was Lao Tzu who said, “If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.” This is the quintessential expression of the idea of how holding onto things affects us.
As such, when you let a day you lose make you upset, chances are you are dealing in past or future instead of the present.
The now is never lost
Right here and now you can never be lost. No matter if your plans have been a success or no, you are wherever you are. This is why living in the now is so powerful. When we are more present and aware of our lives in this present moment, we are free of the depression over the past and anxiety about the future.
Even if it’s only for a few moments at a time, it can be built up. Whether you take five minutes or fifty, meditation connects you to source energy, and puts you in the now. When we are more present in the present, we are conscious. Consciousness creates reality. With this knowledge, we can use our thoughts, feelings and intentional actions to create a better world.
Maybe today is one of those lost days. Accepting that and letting it go opens us up to finding that when we are here and now, and present as such, no day is truly lost.
Perhaps this has been a bit more rambling than normal, but I think it is still worthwhile. Time to stop being irked and be found in my lost day. As always, thank you for crossing the bridges between my worlds with me.
This is the ninetieth entry of my personal journey, the Crossing the Bridges series. My collectively published writing can be found here.
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