Reflecting on handling responsibilities

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.
--Satchel Paige

When children are tired they make their feelings very clear. They just sit down and start to cry. As adults, we may sometimes feel like a child, ready to sit down and give up. But we're not tired children anymore. We're grown-ups, living with responsibilities and duties.

Instead of giving up, we need to find another way of handling responsibilities. To begin with, we can ask for help. There are others who can help with meals, family care, and household duties. We can also rearrange our schedules so we're not doing too much at one time and not enough at other times. Whenever we feel like giving up under the pressure of responsibilities, we can remember there are always solutions. Nothing is cast in stone unless we want it to be.

I can begin thinking about making changes in my responsibilities. I can ask for help and do some rearranging, so no day is overwhelming.

I'm really loving these Laureen!

I am glad you are enjoying them, as I have found them a useful tool for some time now and thought, that while the messages are sometimes geared towards "sobriety", they can benefit all and I am happy to share them with everyone, plus it helps me to stay connected here, as I often feel like an outsider, you know being from NJ (though I am really a New York gal at heart)(lol), of course, that is my committee speaking, but this helps me stay connected to what I need (you guys), so I give and what I receive is more than I could ask for and that is what true service is about, giving without want of return, knowing the universe pays us back in it's time. . . 

i have been reading and reflecting on the wisdom of these posts. i feel they are very helpful. they are making me change the way i think. hopefully making me a better person.( i am sure the world will thank you for making one less selfish, cranky, wacko in the world)

Cheryl,

Thank you.

Just want to say that all 12 Step Recovery programs are based in cognitive change, which is about becoming more self aware in how we relate to the world around us.  All that is required is being honest with ourselves and keeping an open mind.  By doing that we can retrain our negative thoughts, which in turn become negative actions (for those on here "obesity" would be the action I am speaking of) and thereby become more able to accept more of the good things that are available to us if we seek them out (WLS and following a different way of life).  I believe I have been engaged in that aspect for the past 23 years (1st thru addressing my drug/alcohol problem, eventually nicotine, sex addiction and more recently dealing with my obesity) and while, by no means have I perfected it, but by doing what I said above and adding these readings to how I begin each day it has helped me and I thrilled they are being received so well by many. . .

Thank Laureen.  I am in need of some asking for help this week.  Thanks for reminding me to do so.

Trish