CRANKY PANTS
Do you ever get into a funk? Like a stinking bad mood, and it can be really hard to shift?
Well that happened to me this week. My daughter decided to dig her heels in about something before we left for school that not only made us late, but stressed me out and made me feel super cranky. You know the type of mood you get when you are feeling stubborn and cross at the same time, and the mood lingers long after you have said goodbye. It was one of those moods! And I was even more annoyed because I had woken up happy, well rested and in good spirits until our little disagreement. PMT was probably at play also, but knowing that didn’t make it feel any less irritating. So off I went to work feeling really snotty and bad tempered which really isn’t like me at all.
In my Reiki training, we were taught to brush down the aura at the beginning and end of a session. The idea is to send the negative energy that you are clearing out of the body, into the ether, into the world at large. When you do this you set the intention for the universe to utilise this energy and transmute it. When I do this in my treatment sessions, I often ponder what the universe does with this energy. If it is negative energy and a bit yucky, what possible good could come of that? Sometimes I feel a bit bad sending the energy off into the world, hoping it doesn’t do any damage once it has gone out of my window.
Well, I feel like that little pondering got an answer on this day, my cranky pants day, because I had an idea. As I was on my way to work, I thought to myself, “why don’t I do something unpleasant that I don’t like doing”. Then the idea popped into my head about a phone call I needed to make to my phone company. Long story short, I basically got ripped off on holiday buying a tiny amount of data for an extortionate price and I wanted my money back. I knew it was going to be a difficult discussion and I may not get the answer I wanted. I had been putting it off because making a call like that was very likely to put me in a bad mood and I just didn’t want to do it. Aha!! Bad mood - check! It was the perfect time to make that phone call. I was already in a bad mood, so having an unpleasant conversation and a possible unpleasant response was not going to make it worse.
Of course I was courteous during the phone call and chatted politely with the telephone operators, I didn’t take my mood out on them. I just used the opportunity of already being annoyed to do something equally annoying. Well blow me over it worked! I had a lovely chat with a very friendly man who gave me a partial refund (it was a generous refund and I was happy with that) and was ever so nice and understanding. I got off the phone feeling a lot better than I had done, and I felt rewarded for finding a creative solution to my funky mood. I was lucky that it was a good outcome, but even if it hadn’t been I do feel that it was the perfect time to make such a call.
So next time you are in a funk, and you don’t fancy simmering in it all day, feeling bad for feeling bad. Why not try doing something you don’t like doing. Channel the energy into something that is unpleasant and annoying and would normally put you in a funk. What about sorting through that drawer that is full of odds and ends from months of dumping things in it. Or giving something a deep clean; maybe it is your car or the fridge. Or write that difficult letter to a utility company, challenge your parking ticket, or write to that annoying friend you really should be honest with (lovingly of course). You might find that your mood is put to good use and you may feel cleansed or even elevated afterwards!
I just thought I would share that little story in case it helps anyone. See you next time!
Love, Coco x