Some of us who expect life to be perfect and easy and fine always will become frozen in place, terrified and worried when it get’s hard.
Any problem solving at that point is ‘thinking inside the box’, running with possible solutions to a stopping point and bouncing back to the other wall of the box. As panic sets in, the box becomes smaller and smaller.
It helps to problem solve with a trusted friend… the friend, not confined by our box will take you outside of it and into new, interesting and even exciting options.
Figure out where things went wrong and if it was because of an error you made, recognize it, don’t beat yourself up about it, just resolve not to do it again.
Then make a plan and write it down. The plan may never happen and that’s OK. Having a plan shifts one outside of the box to positive solutions.
Write an affirmation for a positive outcome. (see sidebar).
It seems that the times we learn, grow and change are when working out the hard things. Easy times are for rest and recuperation.
Life is a workshop.
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