Stressed or blessed

Do you spend the majority of your day feeling stressed or blessed?

I know all too well what it’s like to go through the same mundane activities and get in a funk that is so very hard to get out of! No matter how hard I try to keep a good attitude, something always seems to come out of nowhere and B.O.O.M, that one little or big thing is like a punch to the gut! That’s when I hit my candy and soda stash and just stop caring about my well being in every way! I get an attitude, I get cranky, and I just don’t want to be around anybody because I allow the situation to overtake my feelings! THIS my friends, is what living stressed looks like! Is this you? Good news…….with practice, you can learn to rewire how you react, when things you can’t change happen!

When the unexpected happens we totally have a choice on how we will handle the news. And take it from someone who lived stressed (sometimes still do) for years…….the opposite is so much better! Life will always have curve balls for us! When we decide to stay focused we CAN find the good if we want to! BUT, it is totally a choice! There is a blessing in every thing that happens, but we have to look for it! We can’t expect it to always be obvious though! More often than not, our attitude will determine how quickly we see the good! You’ve heard it said, “negative in, negative out. Positive in, positive out” and I have to agree! If you want to live blessed then you MUST decide right now how you will deal with opposition when it comes your way!

In no way am I saying that it’s not okay to be mad, sad, or even frustrated! We are human, and have feelings for a reason. And every day that we get to see a new sunrise, doesn’t ensure that it will be a cake walk. Unfortunately, life just doesn’t happen like that! We get unwanted news, too often it seems! But we can let it eat at us (living stressed) and continue to stay in those emotions that are unhealthy, or we can turn it over to God (living blessed), and decide what the next step is going to be! For far too long I’ve lived stressed! It has taken many years of counseling to see things in a new light and I have not perfected it yet! But I’m trying!

Wow! If only I could’ve lived by this advice so many years ago! I could’ve saved myself, and many family members a whole lot of grief! But all I can do, is move forward from here! I can go back to my old ways and lived stressed, which is a constant battle when it comes to relationships and friendships or I can look for the good, regroup and lived blessed when unexpected things come my way! Either way, it is a choice! What will you choose today?