This is the time of year when people start getting stressed out.
School may be starting, you are looking for jobs, you are trying to keep your job. New relationships are beginning, or old relationships are ending, or you are not sure WHAT is going on in your world of relationships. The gym looks more annoying day by day, and "money" can become the worst word in the dictionary.
New seasons mean new temptations, and new stressors. Take this time to think about EVERYTHING you are appreciative for, old and new. People, places, even things. Someone else would kill to have the life that you are living right now.
Take a look around at where you are at this exact moment. Really, literally. Look around. Everything that has happened in your past, does NOT have to be in your present. You control your life, no one else. No matter what you are going through, someone else has been through worse. Be remindful of that.
You will never have this minute, this week, this month, this year...ever again. Take one day at a time, one breath at a time, one decision at a time. Live your life for you.
Breathe In, Breathe Out.
Serenity Prayer--extended version:
Grant us the serenity
To accept things we cannot change
Courage to change the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
Patience for the things that take time,
Appreciation for all that we have, and tolerance for those with different struggles.
Freedom to live beyond the limitations of our past ways, the ability to feel love for each other
And the strength to get up and try again when we feel it is hopeless.
XOXOX
