One of my favorite podcasts is Oprah's Super Soul Sundays. This week, I listened to her interview with Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, a neurologist who had a stroke. She stayed completely lucid while having a stroke, even though the left side of her brain had completely shut down. She had to re-learn her identity, how to walk and talk, and had to rebuild her life. One of the key pieces of insight that I appreciated was that she requested that her doctors take responsibility of her energy. Even though she was not able to communicate in the beginning, she could feel the energy and intention of everyone around her. And, since she was on such a healing journey, she did not have the energy needed to handle people who brought their own stress into her hospital room. She requested that everyone take responsibility of their energy.
All of us have the ability to take responsibility for our energy in every situation. We unconsciously bring the stress from our work day into our home life, and the stress of our home life into our work day. If we instead make the effort to control our energy and be present, we can make a bigger impact and give others the space to heal.