Those Tides Of Change

 Those Tides Of Change

Mankind has been so fortunate so as to be able to control so many things in life BUT EXCEPT  Those Tides Of Change.  Could be related to relationships, to one's career, to one's health OR even financials.  Let's agree if any of those areas in life are impacted by a change, we can feel the ramifications.  BUT alas, you're NOT alone there because I've been there many times and I did hit 'rock bottom' BUT it was NOT the end of it📗📙📘

And WHILE I confess I am not an SME in counselling with regard life's challenges, this six-letter word spelled C-O-P-I-N-G should be our 'guiding light' BUT here's the catch.  For COPING to be effective, it has to be translated in a concrete action in hundreds of ways.  First things first though, let's ACCEPT WHAT needs to be ACCEPTED.  ACCEPTANCE may sound like a buzz word and yet some reject ACCEPTANCE💧💧💧

Some people look at ACCEPTANCE as giving in BUT it's better to see it as coming to terms with HOW things are for now.  One scenario WHERE sometimes we're unconscious OR unaware is our pacing.  If you just recovered back from an illness or a medical procedure, you may NOT be able to do as much as you used to.  This can be hard to adjust to because we all lead busy lives.  Pacing yourself may actually help you do more rather than having a set back because you've done too much.  And that's WHEN one's support structure kicks in💥💥💥

True, it can be hard to ask for HELP especially if you think you're already a burden because of your condition.  Loved ones often want to help BUT they WON'T know HOW unless you tell them WHAT you need.  Try NOT to think 'if they really loved me they would know WHAT I need', our loved ones are NOT mind readers, after all.  And learning HOW to tell people if the support you're getting ISN'T the support you need❎❎❎

Our takeaway:  WHEN stress creeps in, that throws a monkey wrench in your system.  And since there's NO way to avoid stress, the least we need to do is to have a strategy for dealing with stress.  There may be times WHEN you find things hard to deal with.  Learn to recognize WHEN you are becoming stressed and have a strategy that you find helpful.  This can be anything that works for you, BUT some tips that often help are slowing down your breathing OR going somewhere to have that whiff of 'fresh air'.  Yes dude, handling those TIDES OF CHANGE is more important than we thought of😀😀😀