Before you read, a small assignment: watch this:
A couple of weeks ago in my Sunday School class, I commented that my life was pretty golden, and I didn’t trust it. I was happy, I was peaceful, I was healthy–all was well and I couldn’t enjoy it fully because I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop.
I said these words out loud: “My life is pretty great, but I don’t trust it. Something awful is bound to happen eventually.”
If only Toby and Josh had forced me to go out side, turn around 3 times and spit…
My happy peace has left me, and I’m well aware of contributing factors. Too much social media. Not enough focus at work. Anger at things I can’t control. General self-pity. No working out. Not writing enough. Packing my days so full that I can barely breathe.
I commiserated with a friend about this today: “How did we get to this point?” I asked her. “I don’t remember being this busy or despondent 15 years ago. What are we doing to ourselves? Why are we doing it?”
She didn’t have a clear answer, and neither do I. Maybe just acknowledging there’s a problem is the first step to fixing it?
So I know what the problem is. I have strategies to fix some of the problems. The trick now is to muster the wherewithal to implement those strategies and get back to where I was a few weeks ago, before I tempted fate.
