Do you ever feel tired after a long day of work? Sure, most of us do. It's nice to come home after work and just relax, take our minds off of things and try to find some peace and quiet before the next day begins. Some days might be busier than others, filled with more tasks to complete, and it can leave us feeling exceptionally exhausted once we've finished all that we need to get done. Why? Because we don't have an infinite amount of energy to give out, eventually we will get tired. And so we need to be careful about what we choose to spend that energy on, who we are going to give it to.
Have you ever spent time around someone who can't seem to ever think or say anything positive? Surely, we all might have our moments of complaint, but then there are others who just seem to have a natural knack for it. Almost like they don't enjoy enjoying their life and that the only way they are content is when they are miserable. But who would choose to be miserable? I don't like to think that anyone would intentionally.
Coffee is the most popular drink in the world and the energy market is estimated to be upwards of $70 billion. There are many products on the market today that claim to be able to help people find more energy. If you've got the secret on how to get people more energy, you could make yourself rich.
Mind Vs Awareness
Because we do have a limited amount of energy in a day, we need to be mindful about where we spend it. We can choose to invest our energy into something either positive or negative, we do have the option to discriminate on what we want to help grow in our lives. Do we want to spend our time arguing with people? Helping others? Complaining? Or speaking uplifting words?
When we are driving, we might not be actively thinking about the task at hand, as we might not with many of the habitual tasks that we engage in on a daily basis. This is because those tasks have become like second nature to us and because although we might be physically present somewhere, our minds still have the liberty to wander. We might be engaged in a task of talking with someone, driving, cooking, or watching television, but our mind might be elsewhere.
We might mindlessly dump minutes or hours of our energy into something that isn't beneficial to us, but harms us, because we weren't good stewards of our time, attention, and our energy. Your energy follows your awareness, and by being patient to cautiously assess the moment at hand and where our energy can do, it can enable us to focus on what's most valuable. Debating and communicating with others can be vastly resourceful and beneficial, but arguing and complaining is a profound waste of valuable resources. It also likely isn't the way to inspire optimal health.
Each one of us gets confronted with opportunities to engage on a daily basis, sometimes multiple opportunities, and the more mindful that we are then the better we can navigate the temptations and make better choices about what to spend our time working toward.
