You’ve been in the mud. You come inside the home without taking your shoes off and you track mud everywhere. When approached about the mud, you get angry. Why? You were the one that came into the house with mud on your shoes. You are the one that didn’t watch where you were going when you were outside or perhaps you did and it was necessary. Either way, you are responsible for the mud that is now throughout the home. You are of age where you can clean up after yourself.

You are responsible for your energetic footprints. It has been said by Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, “Be responsible for the energy you bring into this space.” No one asked for your meanness. No one asked for you attitude. No one asked for your negativity. No one asked nonchalant attitude. Whatever is going on, is going on inside of you and YOU need to contain it or find a better way to release it. You need to let people know that you don’t feel like talking or being bothered and you don’t feel like talking about why. Tell them you would just like to do your work and go home today. Tell them you would just like to keep things work related and you have personal issues today.

If you are home, tell the people you stay with you don’t know what is wrong or you know what is wrong but you don’t feel like talking. If it’s anxiety or depression and your family knows about it, tell them exactly that. I feel this anxious and I am not in the mood to talk about it. I feel off today so I am going to my room or to sit outside and I want to be alone. Maybe you are not as talkative or drab and your family picks up on it. Well, take your mood elsewhere so they can unwind after their stressful day in peace. Well, let them know you are going to another room because of you and not them. All of this is call EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATING and being RESPONSIBLE for YOUR ENERGY. If you don’t fee well, say it. If you had a bad day, say it. If you are angry about something, say it. If you don’t know what it is, say it. Tell people what you want. They cannot, they cannot, they cannot…READ YOUR MIND.

Do what you need to do for you and don’t expect others to clean up your energetic footprints. Especially, when you know it did not start with them. And if it did, then be or become mature enough to address it instead of muddying up everyone else’s day. Take the necessary steps such as journaling, taking your medication, doing something about your physical pain, exercising, meditating, talk about it, make a therapy appointment, lay down or take a nap. I don’t know but innocent people don’t deserve your bad vibes.

~Nikki