My goal for physical well being is that the first of the year I am going to start going to a chiropractor and hopefully once I get my back feeling better, other things will start feeling better. My spiritual goal will have to wait until after I get my degree. My psychological well being will eventually calm down once my daughter goes back to her mom’s, this has been one of the biggest stresses I have ever had in my life and it has came at a very bad stressful time of my life.
I like to go out and have fun to and go places to help me ease my stress which allows me to focus on achieving my goals. When I get to stressed out even walking around Wal-Mart helps. Any little thing that can take my mind off of things and gives my body a break from all the stress is what I do to help myself get to where I need to be.
These meditation tapes do not work for me, I cannot have relaxing things going through my head when I am stressed because I have not learned yet how to focus out my stress in a quiet place. What helps me is watching a little TV; Maybe a comedy, something to get me thinking like a mystery, or a sporting event. That is what eases my mind.
Well Craig, bless your heart! You do have a lot of crazy stress, my only heartfelt advice is you need to seriously look into your spiritual inner self, If it were not for my spiritual faith in my higher power, for me is Christ, I could never have accomplished the things I have nor gotten to the point of my life that I'm at, which is an amazing peace that I am here on earth for one reason. I don't want to bore you with my spiritual faithfulness, but truly I believe somehow you need to find your spirit within yourself, strengthen your faith to believe in a higher power, and lastly know by faith you can get your life straight even with all the crazy stress going on. What I do and have done is make lists, pray for guidance, and talk to God everyday about each list to accomplish. I would take one problem at a time on my list and slowly before I knew it, my list became less stressful, if you continue to see all your problems right in front of you face, its overwhelming, but if you break them up it may help. It sounds like you are first going to eliminate your physical pain, that is a great start! I wish you the very best of luck and will pray for you:) I hope this post didn't upset you, I only wish you the best peaceful life possible, health, happiness, and wholeness!!! kelsy
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ReplyDeleteI like your honesty with regards to the meditation tapes. I struggle with them as well, finding it much easier to provide my own ambiance for meditating than it is to listen to someone else's idea of what should be relaxing.
I think you're on to something with picking a low-stress "distraction" to keep the busy part of your mind occupied while you destress and work out some of the other pressing matters you have going on (which sounds like a lot!). I know that I find reading to be very relaxing and I often find myself contemplating a problem as my attention drifts away from the book I was trying to read. I have found many solutions to difficult problems that way.
Keep up the good work!
-Joy Clark
Hi Craig,
ReplyDeleteI have known you from previous classes and I do talk to you time to time, so I know what is going on with you. One thing I admire about you, is that you are not afraid to talk about your problems. I do think that when you keep it in, that is when it makes you crazy. I will pray for you and will chat with you when I get the chance be strong and be the best dad and give your daughter all the support you can.
You need to find a way to clear your mind with relaxation, even if for just a moment. It will make a difference in how you tackle your stresses. Perhaps blogging would work for you as a way of venting and assessing your emotions. You are a very good writer!
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