We are responsible for our stuff. Our thoughts are our stuff. When the thought pops in your head that you have so much to do today, look at it, acknowledge it, write the things down if you want to do that real quick, and then keep focused on the present.

When the thoughts come in that you are not looking forward to going to work, that everyone at work is hard to deal with, watch those thoughts, let them pass, and then when you are back to YOU — the one made in the imago Dei — ask yourself why you are not ok at your work. What about it doesn’t make you feel safe? Does it trigger something from childhood? Ok, then we can get somewhere. It may not be the people. The people may represent something that you need to deal with, something that you need to let go of.

Take that first step in quieting down your brain, letting go of the resistance you feel, and in the present dealing with what is at the core of this issue that comes up. Do what YOU can to take care of your stuff. Don’t worry about if anyone else is. You do what you can do.