"CRY AND GET THE STRESS OUT!"
Do you feel like the weight of the whole world is falling on your shoulders? Do you feel that life is so stressful at this point that you have no idea how you are going to make it through each of your days? Are you trying to be strong and courageous and refusing to show emotion by crying? Do you look at crying as a weakness? Well, my friend, I am going to tell you that it is ok to cry.
It has been a proven fact that crying relieves stress. Crying gets all your emotions out on the table. Crying does not make you a wimp or a sissy. Crying is God's reminder to us that we have feelings. Holding in stresses of all kinds is not good for you in any way including mentally, physically, and socially.
In the past year, I have done my fair share of crying and without that release, I would have been a horrible, emotional mess. Sometimes, life gets too heavy to take it all on yourself, and the only way to let go of some of those burdens is to break down and cry and then give it to God. Give God your stresses, and let Him handle your problems. Our shoulders are wide, but sometimes, not wide enough for everything life dumps on our plate.
The reason I decided to blog about crying today is because earlier today life had me crying my eyes out. My son, who is a wonderful young man, brought home his progress report from school. Now, you are probably thinking I was crying because he got bad grades, but I was crying because of the exact opposite. My 14 year old son brought home five A's and two B's! Now, this isn't what had me in tears, because he is a wonderful student and brings home good grades most of the time, but my son asked me if he could have a prize for his efforts. This is a tradition we had started with him when he first started school nearly ten years ago. I started crying because I did not have the money to buy my son a prize. I had just got done writing out three bills; two hospital bills and my student loan. This left my account nearly empty, and it brought tears to my eyes when my son asked me to grant him his prize. How on Earth did our family get to this stage in our lives? We were always well-off in the past with enough to meet our basic needs and thensome. Life happened, and it drained us of our financial means.
Without crying, one could become a complete basketcase. Please do not be afraid to cry, because crying will relieve so many stresses within your life. CRY and get the stress out!
Friday, March 4, 2011
March 3, 2011
"LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES!"
Do you ever find yourself making the same mistakes over and over again? Joyce Meyer defines this as going around the same mountain but during different times in your lifetime. There is a statement that says insanity is defined as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. I am not saying that you are insane, but this type of behavior may make one feel as if he or she was going insane. Stop making the same mistakes. Instead learn from your mistakes and try a different approach the next time when faced with a similar issue.
Sometimes it is hard to forgive ourselves for mistakes we may have made in the past. People will continually throw our past and our faults in our faces. They will constantly remind us of our inadequacies. Do not listen to them! Sure you have made mistakes; we all have. Some people will try to belittle you for your past, and they will put themselves on a pedestal. However, no one on this planet is void of mistakes in his or her lifetime. Learn to forgive yourself for the mistakes you have made and ignore the negative comments of your adversaries.
Your mistakes do not define who you are, but they are merely stepping stones to form you into a strong, confident adult. Each mistake we make is a learning experience. We can choose to put ourselves down and beat up on our own emotions, or we can choose to look for the lesson that life is trying to teach us. Don't spend so much time brooding on your past mistakes. That is a complete waste of time in the now. Learn to forgive yourself and learn from your mistakes!
Do you ever find yourself making the same mistakes over and over again? Joyce Meyer defines this as going around the same mountain but during different times in your lifetime. There is a statement that says insanity is defined as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. I am not saying that you are insane, but this type of behavior may make one feel as if he or she was going insane. Stop making the same mistakes. Instead learn from your mistakes and try a different approach the next time when faced with a similar issue.
Sometimes it is hard to forgive ourselves for mistakes we may have made in the past. People will continually throw our past and our faults in our faces. They will constantly remind us of our inadequacies. Do not listen to them! Sure you have made mistakes; we all have. Some people will try to belittle you for your past, and they will put themselves on a pedestal. However, no one on this planet is void of mistakes in his or her lifetime. Learn to forgive yourself for the mistakes you have made and ignore the negative comments of your adversaries.
Your mistakes do not define who you are, but they are merely stepping stones to form you into a strong, confident adult. Each mistake we make is a learning experience. We can choose to put ourselves down and beat up on our own emotions, or we can choose to look for the lesson that life is trying to teach us. Don't spend so much time brooding on your past mistakes. That is a complete waste of time in the now. Learn to forgive yourself and learn from your mistakes!
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