None of this is easy
No one wants to deal with the loss of a loved one or a serious illness or injury, but those situations happen.
Since you are reading this, something serious must have happened in your life, probably recently.
Understand, there are no fast fixes for whatever it is you're facing. You are in a tough situation, and if
it is early on, it will probably get tougher.
The key to getting through the situations you are facing
is in seeing the choices that you have available to you.
Many times when illness or injury
or death strike, people
see no choices.
They confuse not seeing the choices they want with not having choices at all.
If you have had a loved one die, what would be your first choice if you could pick anything? You'd have that loved
one back!
If you or someone you love have been injured or are seriously ill, what would be your first
choice if you could pick anything? To be healthy! Now!
Obviously, in the first example that is not
going to happen. In the second example, even if you regain your health - and that does not always happen,
it will not happen immediately just because you want it.
However, just because you don't have the choices
that you want doesn't mean you are helpless. You have more power than you think you do.
But you have to be involved in your own wellness. As difficult as it is right now, you have to stay focused and become
more aware of what is going on in you and around than you ever have been. The longer you wait to deal with your
illness or injury or loss, the more difficult it will be to find your strength.
In my
Rainbows Happen blog,
I will point out choices that I have seen others in your type of situations make that helped them move
through their crises
These choices include:
Examining and possibly changing your thought processes and
your behaviors.
They also include taking the time to explore how you define personal power and how you tap
into your spiritual or religious belief systems.
I also explore the importance of knowing when to involve
friends in your quest, and when to create some distance, how to find silence and peace during turbulent
times, and the importance of allowing yourself to be confused and asking for help.
Dr. Scott Sheperd, Ph.D.
P.O. Box 724
Sylvania OH 43560
Phone: (419) 475–4528
Scott@RainbowsHappen.com
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