Do you feel that you have too much on your plate at once?
Facing a life you may have not imagined you would be living?
As we gain life at different ages and milestones we experience life with many obstacles.
Facing Hardships
When hit with any kind of hardships, it’s difficult to know which types of emotions will surface.
“Perception is in the eye of the beholder, so if I’m perceiving my life in a negative way, I’m more than likely going to be dealing with all of the emotions and thoughts that come from that perception.”
So important to understand!
In other words, thinking negative thoughts in any situation is going to bring out negative emotions.
This can get you stuck in a tailspin, and you’ll find it very difficult to get past emotions such as anger, sadness, and low self-esteem, which go along with negative perceptions.
This doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t want to feel those negative emotions—they are a valuable part of progressing and moving forward in your life.
The negative emotions are there so you can overcome them
Let’s look at just how you can change your feelings of suffering when hardships hit into a new perspective on your life, which will allow you to endure when there is suffering, and overcome when it’s time.
Maybe your job doesn’t bring in the kind of money you need to do anything more than survive, so when you suffer a setback, you really struggle.
You not only struggle with the financial issues, but you also struggle with your emotions.
Not having the amount of money you need to live without the fear that comes along with being broke, sucks!
It can make us spiral in a direction of having unhappiness and not having hope.
Having hope
Once you have a positive attitude and desire inside you, it’s the perfect time to come up with an escape plan from your current situation.
When you see the “vision” of where you want to be, you can start to fill in the details with a direction to start moving in.
The key here is to make the decision to consciously move forward, and have a solid action plan to follow.
After you’ve taken the time to sit back, reflect, and gain clarity on your current circumstances, it’s time to start moving forward.
After all, how can you expect to overcome a challenging situation in your life if you don’t move?
Push yourself and love yourself while you’re making the change, once you see yourself doing this change you will accept it and have so much more respect for yourself.
The overwhelming feeling isn’t pleasant as I know.
I was a young mother of 2. Working in an industry that I needed to fulfill long hours in order to make ends meet.
In the midst of my life, at that time I endured a life I never thought I would be living.
I became extremely overwhelmed and I was broken.
What helped me face and conquer being overwhelmed was remembering if I focused on the negative, I brought the negative.
If I make a plan and focus on that plan, I will have a positive outcome.
Remember this
“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” – C.S. Lewis.
“NEVER LET A STUMBLE BE THE END OF YOUR JOURNEY”
This post was written by Lauren K., and published by Convenient Counseling Services.
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