In my opinion, a lot has to do with the type of person you are. Are you high strung? Are you a worry wort? Are you just a glutten for punishment? Or just love to be angry at the world all the time? Who the hell wants to live like this???
It exhausts me just talking about it all. I am the type of person who has always been a worry wort. So nervous about every little thing. Things that may not be happening for days, weeks or even months down the line, I would be setting myself up already for the what if's. I can't even begin to tell you what a horrible way to live. What a horrible way to think. It disgusts me to even admit that I was once so wrapped up in this miserable way of thinking. It consumed me. The feeling of nausea, jitters, nervousness, and just worrying.
I used to work myself up into such a frenzy. Forget about it, when that day actually arrived when I had that thing to do, or go somewhere or travel. I truly hated living like this. It takes the whole enjoyment out of everything. How could I ever honestly say that I was happy, really happy. I wasn't at all.
This had all been lumped into PANIC ATTACKS and ANXIETY. It upsets me that I allowed it to take over me. Over my life. I knew there was something wrong here. Each new day was torture. There was no pleasure in it at all.
I had realized after quite a while that a lot of what I was going through was triggered by what I was eating. Besides me being a nervous wreck all the time which did not help matters in the slightest. I started to eliminate foods that may have been the cause to all this chaos in my life. Once I removed them, I had noticed those feelings of nausea, stomach pains, jitters and panic had started to subside. I had realized that those foods were gluten and wheat products along with a sensitivity to caffeine. I was so happy to discover this. It had definitely changed my life.
What seems to be happening all around us each and every day, is that we get very easily caught in the negativity of the world. What and who are around us that we choose to allow ourselves to be influenced by.
Life can be crazy at times. Certain circumstances that arises, whether it be your health, relationships, workplace, or the environment we live in.
It is easy for me to say to everyone, get your act together and get out of this funk. I find it easier to say that LIFE is good. There is a lot of enjoyment to be had. Things to discover and learn about. Interesting people to meet that you may be impacted by or vice versa. You just never know what God's plans are for us. You have to allow yourself to be open to different experiences. Allow yourself to be in the moment and completely understand that whatever will be will be. We don't have control over things. This reminds me of the Serenity Prayer.
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.
Life can be crazy at times. Just don't let it take control over you.--Reinhold Niebuhr
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