Emotion
4 Steps To Finding Contentment
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008I think everyone wants contentment in life. At least I know that I do. My problem is that my life moves at an extremely fast pace every single day. I have work, I have kids, I have a husband, I have housework, I have goals to achieve, I have bills to pay, I have a multitude of demands on my time stretching my energy and efforts to the max. Everyday, I’m striving and working towards something. Would I ever find contentment? I doubted it.
With all of the craziness in my life, it’s no wonder when I first researched contentment and how to attain it, I was extremely skeptical.
Emotional Storms
Tuesday, January 1st, 2008I’m always working on my attitude to help me weather the emotional storms in my life. Currently, I’m reading one of Les Brown’s books called It’s Not Over Until You Win in which he provides a good perspective on emotional storms.
Mr. Brown states that emotional storms are a part of life like nature’s storms. He says that emotional storms often catch us unprepared - striking us so swiftly that nothing else matters to us excepting surviving the current emotional storm. I think he’s right.
Depression Hurts
Tuesday, January 1st, 2008Depression hurts like hell and not only for the depressed individual. You see, I lost one of my dearest friends who was coping with depression. She was a caring and intelligent lady who went out of her way to help and support others - even to her own detriment.
There is no way that I am going to offer advice on treating depression, because I am not an expert - just a person who has experienced it. Also, everyone’s depression hurts differently. I know that I personally was coping with depression several years ago and I felt no hope, fear, sadness, and an overall sense of despair. The really scary part was that I wasn’t even aware (at first) that I was depressed.
