Find Your Grind

Embrace The Suck To Push Through

There is a paradox in life. You are on your own, but so is everyone else. We are all on our own, together.

Any day can bring sadness and depression. Any day can be rainy and overcast. Usually, though, we can see warning signs when our mental weather is going to be bad, and we can take the appropriate steps to make sure we are taking care of ourselves.

If we saw a rainstorm coming we wouldn’t plan for a day on the beach, would we? In the same way, when we see an emotional storm, or even a brief shower, on the way to our mental landscape, we can make sure we are hunkered down inside our home, with a cup of hot tea or chocolate, and a good book.

Sadness passes over us like a wind over the prairie. Sadness can stay a long time, but eventually it will move on. Sometimes when it doesn’t move on for days into weeks into months, we need to consider therapy and medication. But other times we are simply not providing enough mental shelter for ourselves to stay dry and safe.

When we sit out in the sadness and let the cold tears drench our clothes and give us hypothermia, we are asking for illness to manifest in our bodies. In a similar fashion, when we eat junk food and sit around staring at our screens all day we are asking illness to manifest in our bodies.