Sometimes Life’s challenges flow thicker and faster than we feel we have the capacity to handle. Here are some simple practices I follow to get through.
I acknowledge that it’s more than I feel capable of handling and compassionately accept my reality.
I release the need to resolve the matter (or matters) all at once. It will take the time it takes.
Gratitude practice – I ponder all the things I can be deeply grateful for: a roof, clothing, food, running water.
I linger in moments of great beauty around me until feelings of anger, injustice or anxiety dissipate.
Cultivating contentment by reflecting on what is good – friends, health, successful and happy times past, how little I need to be content, access to Nature, the blessing of a Life that forges resilience.
I allow myself to be happy, despite the issues , even if it’s only for a few minutes.
I remind myself that I am in control of my response to Life.
Visualising things I’d like to enjoy in my life changes my chemistry and perception of what is possible.
Doing something that soothes me (beach walk, bath, read a book, mat practice).
Call upon a friend, or actively distract myself in pleasurable or therapeutic activity (cleaning! decluttering!) until I can return with a more able attitude.