Sometimes you just have incredibly bad days. I'm not talking about the life-changing, tragic days. But just flat out bad...days.
And that's okay.
As long as you recognize and accept they are bound to happen...You'll be okay. You won't know what will trigger them, why or when they'll happen. But just try your best to deal with life's adversities. Just ACCEPT the fact you won't skip through life whistling the entire time. There will be those pebbles, stones and sometimes boulders that trip you, knock you down and block you. And as long as you can prepare yourself as much as humanly possible, you may or may not be able to gracefully ride through it.
I went face-first into a boulder yesterday. But it's behind me now. To be completely honest, it looks much smaller behind me then it did head-on. Now I'm skipping again. Well...maybe not skipping, more like limping, but either way I'm still moving forward. Trying to shake the anger, frustration and bad vibes from yesterday. I don't need to dirty the next day with that garbage!
A saying I dislike is, "Everything that can go wrong, will go wrong!" I hate when people profess this out loud. Especially when only one small thing goes wrong. It's like an invitation for disaster. And guess what? You're hosting that pity party! You stubbed your toe and spilled your coffee and now you're caught up in a fender-bender because you couldn't let it go. Right?
Our words are SO powerful. And if you viewed the air around you as millions of tiny messengers recording what you say, then flying off and spreading it around -- you might put more thought into what you let out of your mouth. Bad thoughts and words equal negativity and the good brings forth positivity. It's simple. We make it hard.
Yesterday was a very bad day. So bad I couldn't even talk. Which is two things: shocking because I don't know how to shut up and a good thing based on those little messengers in the air around me. But my thoughts were just as wreckless. There's a song I love that is simple, but powerful. "Lord I Need You."
I find myself saying that out loud or in my thoughts when I'm anxious, tired or fearful. It's amazingly helpful and calming. It's something I hope more people do because it brings forth extraordinary peace. But I was so mentally exhausted and physically drained last night...I thought it, but couldn't even say that out loud. I couldn't materialize my thoughts into anything I could communicate. I was flat out defeated. I hit every dead end and ran face-first into every possible obstacle. Full speed.
I wanted to cry. And looking back, everything that could of went wrong actually did. Its not that I said that out loud in that moment to create it, but most definitely my bad mood was a magnet to more unfortunate situations. However, even in the worst of that moment, I was glad I could recognize that the basis of it all was petty, even though it was a lot to handle alone.
But I'm better for it today. I'll be better for it tomorrow.
Today will be better. It will be good. Because that fine line that separated last night from this morning has some silver on it.
Don't let bad days consume your life. Approach them with grace. We will fall victim to bad days, and we are allowed to have them, but like my mother always says, go lock yourself in your room and have that pity for a party for one. No one needs to be brought down with you.
Always remember: What you think about and talk about you bring about!! What you think about and talk about you bring about!! What. You. Think. About. And. Talk. About. You. Bring. About!!
I WILL SEE BETTER DAYS. I WILL HAVE SUFFICE GRACE TO HANDLE THE BAD DAYS. FOR BOTH THE SAME GOES...LORD I NEED YOU!
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