Daily Inspiration- Slow Down

Slow down. 

 

Life can get hectic. Sometimes things are out of your control and you just have to do the best you can. Other times things are stresses you bring upon yourself. Your new life after WLS needs to be based on balance and a commitment to take care of yourself like never before. Too much stress can increase your appetite. Is that what you really want? 

A very wise person once prayed, "Lord, grant me the strength to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." Amen to that.  

Action for the day: Evaluate your schedule. Is there anything you can cancel? Is there someone you can ask to help? Be brave today and take control of your schedule based on your long-term health goals. 

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I needed this message this am! Thanks!

Good post, Jill.  For myself, I think I have a handle on this one most of the time.  I've developed the attitude, or maybe accepted the fact would be more appropriate that things are gonna happen exactly the way they are supposed to happen & WHEN it's supposed to happen.  For all our pre-planning & hand-wringing, I believe that everything is preordained or our destiny.  Some might find that way of thinking as a cop out to accountability, but I don't see it that way.  Because along with my way of thinking is my Mom's favorite adage...The easy way or the hard way, either way it will get done...no truer words were spoken & it proves it to me daily.  Facing life & death on a daily basis, I decided long ago that I would roll with the punches.  It doesn't mean I have no emotions...my recent bout with depression is proof of that, along with the many times you all have inspired tears to flow from my eyes.  I try to be loving & giving, in the way that I want to be loved & cared for.  And frankly I just don't have the time to waste on negative energy within myself.  My days are numbered & I accept that. Yes, I know...ALL our days are numbered, but let's be real...I got one foot in the grave & the other on the banana peel.  But am I gonna let that stop me?  No.  And that's what I mean about not giving in to the negative energy.  And that's why I try so hard to help others get past the negative energy.  It's not healthy.  Mental health is just as important as physical health.  Ok, I feel like I'm spinning around in too many directions here.  My thoughts are coming faster than the words I can find to express them.  Suffice to say, I don't schedule more than I can handle, I have learned to ask for help out of necessity, I try to live by the Golden Rule, I work hard at not being judgemental.  Like anything else worth having or worth doing...it's always a work in progress.  Sigh...did I make any sense here at all?  lol  Sorry if I rambled.