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@bjk3 Hi Barbara, you're welcome! Thank you for sharing positive feedback on how Connect has helped in your "season" of life. Beautifully stated, and thought provoking. You gave me something to ponder as well.
Openess and thoughtfulness to change your perspective is a huge step in allowing yourself space an opportunity for growth in pain management. Do you by chance keep a gratitude journal? I find it helpful to start each morning off by focusing on what is good in life and more importantly why.
"The why behind the what"
For instance, my journal entry reads:
I'm grateful to babysit my baby niece because she brings positive distraction and joy, plus babysitting allows me to practice tools like modification, moderation and time-management.
It's not about the mindset of "I can't do something", its more the mindset of "how CAN I do it"? It took time and practice to shift my mindset, I didn't always feel so positive, but at the end of the day I was only hurting myself. I bet you understand.
Keep up the good work, Barbara. Do you have a plan in place to strategize your next walk in order to avoid pushing and crashing?
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Hi Rachel!
Really enjoyed your response several days ago. Actually, I do not keep a journal but I do find that I internalize thoughts as I share them with others when I e-mail family and friends - of which I consider you one. Also since I live alone (with my dog 💕) I engage in some sort of intentional contemplation (as opposed to daydreaming). I love Bible reading and study, and thinking about the infinite ways God offers His love reduces anxiety about all kinds unknowns that I wake up with every day.
On a different note of practicality, I find that making lists of things I need to do, ought to do, and want to do ~ and then prioritizing those things ~ clears my mind and also reduces anxiety. For me, prioritizing relieves a good deal of stress. Like you, I figure out how I CAN do things that are important. What is important? Here's where my Sanity Saver comes in! It's a mindset, not originating with me, known as The Duty of the Moment. It's a mindset I incorporate into prioritizing. One mindset important to me is the Golden Rule. So the duty of the moment during an routine task might be simply to offer a smile, open a door for someone, motion someone wanting to changing lanes to go ahead of you....even fulfilling the expectation of your pet to be fed "on time" -- and somehow they always know when it's time!!! LOL If I can keep this in mind even a few times a week maybe I have contributed to somebody's sense of being cared about/for. Full circle for living out the Golden Rule 🤗.
Now about those walks --- I'm working on it! Thanks Rachel!
Barb