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This is what I felt like saying at the "start" of my day. Approximately 24 hours ago, I was still wide awake trying to find some peace with my stuffiness and sore throat...I have a cold where you feel completely miserable and there is nothing that really a doctor can do, just rest and vitamin C and taking care of yourself. So I stayed up....then 11am comes around and i'm STILL awake. I have to be at work at 3:30p. So I lay down to get some sleep. I got approximately 3 hours of sleep. I get up and feel like something on the bottom of a shoe. I'm so tired and I'm rushing around. (I just turned in my notice at work as I will be switching jobs and if i call off I do not get any of my vacation time etc...) I get down to my car and the tire is flat. It had been patched so I knew I needed it just inflated. So I call work and tell them I may be a little bit late. On my way to the Jiffy Lube I suddenly remember I left my bag of kleenex, cough drops, and hot apple cider mix on the counter and I can't turn back. I was sitting in my car dying for an ice capp to give me some energy and I am saying out loud to myself the serenity prayer. I bet I looked crazy. I sat there and said it a few times and I said to myself, "ya know what. I'm going to have a good day. There has been some bad things happen today, but I'm not going to let it get to me. I'm going to go and get my tire inflated and I will stop for my lunch (a bowl of soup and the ice cap i mentioned) and I will get to work. If I'm a few minutes late what are they really going to do? Fire me??" Do you know that i made it through the day without any other major issues, and those "major issues" I did have resolved themselves. My cold is getting better and I know I'll be able to sleep tonight, my tire is inflated and I picked up some fix-a-flat (the tire needs to last past the holidays), I got my lunch and my energy. Now I'm at home getting ready for bed. I let go and let my HP take control. I can't sit here and try to fix and prevent the things that happen in life, but i CAN control how i react to them. Instead of getting completely upset and cranky and having a miserable day at work, it was a normal, productive day. :)
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~*~Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change~*~
Thanks for this post. I too have been suffering from a miserable cold, which happened to coincide with my company holiday party. I did go despite it and actually had a pretty good time! Attitude is so important. Thanks for the share!
Wow, what a great share and very inspirational. I have been sick for a month and a half and finally got antibiotics and am getting over it and I found it hard to have a great attitude while feeling like death warmed over. Plus Christmas is just hard with all the pressures it brings. You helped me to make an adjustment to my attitude today and thank you for that! Sending you love and support!
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Sending you love and support on your journey always! BreakingFree
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" Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional."
"Serenity is when your body and mind are in the same place."
You just gave me an idea for my next blog: HALT. You, know, don't get too Hungry, Angry, Lonely, or Tired. However, they should add Sick, as well. HALTS.
HALT is a WONDERFUL tool to help people!!! I had never heard of it until I started working as a psych nurse. It has REALLY helped me to identify my needs and to readjust my attitude.
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~*~Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change~*~
