Today I do not see a life free of problems as a healthy life. Wanting my life to look and to be problem-free goes against what is natural and mobilizes my vanity in the struggle to hide anything that I consider "unpleasant." Problems that I hide don't go away. It is facing adversity and pain in the light of day, sharing it with others - breaking isolation and connecting with those around me - that promotes growth. When I want my day to be struggle-free, I stop the wheels of life from functioning. Problems are a part of living well and being alive.
If I have life, I will have problems.
Nowadays, for me, happiness is more a state of inner contentment: I'm satisfied that I'm doing my best; I have love and I give love; life has its ups and downs, and I am gifting myself with the full experience.
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I shared this on facebook, because I found so much meaning in it, tonight. I suffer with anxiety, sever anxiety, and have lived a life of worry, just waiting for the other shoe to drop. I have lived safely, and limited myself from the emotions that go with daily troubles.
I have not even taken to drinking my problems away, or avoiding them, I have just suffered, scared, since I was a little girl. I am 49 now, and you have hit on it. I am going to try it your way. I am just going to feel my feelings and find joy in the ups and the downs. It will be an exercise in serenity, and a step in the right direction, I hope.
That is all I wanted to express, here....Thank you for bring this perspective to me when I most needed it. I am an old work in progress, but the progress is a new concept. Pray for me, I would like that! Peace, Jane
I certainly will! I'm glad this post found you when you needed it. :)
Joyce
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