Life Is What Happens When You Are Busy Making Other Plans
As John Lennon said, "Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans.
" Many of life's transitions seem to be like that whether it's a death in the family, a spouse asking for a divorce or the loss of one's job due to the company downsizing.
The initial reaction we have is usually sadness and shock and these can often change into depression, anger or anxiety.
How can we look at these events as ways we can grow without becoming paralyzed ? How can we carry on our daily activities after these events occur? How do we live with such radical changes and a loss of our stability? Many thoughts come up such as: Why did this happen to me when everyone else's life seems to go on so smoothly? How am I supposed to juggle everything myself? How can I handle this when I'm already burning both ends of the candle? First of all, tell yourself that you will get through this and you will grow from these difficult circumstances.
If you are overwhelmed, get support through a local counseling center, a support group in the community or through seeing your family physician.
If you find that your have a supportive network through family and friends, also draw on those resources.
Don't feel you have to tackle this all by yourself.
Allow yourself to grieve, cry and express how you feel.
This is healthy and part of the healing process.
Exercise is also important to help your body and mind recover and get more energy.
It will aid you in sleeping through the night by releasing the bodily tension that builds up during the day.
Keep in mind that there is light at the end of the tunnel and that you will be growing through these lessons that life gives to us.
There may not seem to be any light during the initial period of pain and disorientation but remember other things you've been through and have survived and know that your strength, wisdom and spirit will carry you through to the other side.
" Many of life's transitions seem to be like that whether it's a death in the family, a spouse asking for a divorce or the loss of one's job due to the company downsizing.
The initial reaction we have is usually sadness and shock and these can often change into depression, anger or anxiety.
How can we look at these events as ways we can grow without becoming paralyzed ? How can we carry on our daily activities after these events occur? How do we live with such radical changes and a loss of our stability? Many thoughts come up such as: Why did this happen to me when everyone else's life seems to go on so smoothly? How am I supposed to juggle everything myself? How can I handle this when I'm already burning both ends of the candle? First of all, tell yourself that you will get through this and you will grow from these difficult circumstances.
If you are overwhelmed, get support through a local counseling center, a support group in the community or through seeing your family physician.
If you find that your have a supportive network through family and friends, also draw on those resources.
Don't feel you have to tackle this all by yourself.
Allow yourself to grieve, cry and express how you feel.
This is healthy and part of the healing process.
Exercise is also important to help your body and mind recover and get more energy.
It will aid you in sleeping through the night by releasing the bodily tension that builds up during the day.
Keep in mind that there is light at the end of the tunnel and that you will be growing through these lessons that life gives to us.
There may not seem to be any light during the initial period of pain and disorientation but remember other things you've been through and have survived and know that your strength, wisdom and spirit will carry you through to the other side.
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