Break Free
To anybody who is struggling with a situation in your life, today is your day to break free!
By break free we do not mean that you are going to be completely healed, we do not control situations that come into our life. If you are struggling with something, then keep reading to find out the one thing that we do control.
Many of us have situations that reach our lives at some point. Whether it's dark thoughts that have gripped your mind, a job you just lost, losing your house, a family member dying, or even something simple such as missing an item or being late to an event...these are all things that we cannot change. Now you may think "this doesn't apply to me if my problem is depression or some kind of sickness." But the answer to that would be, it actually does involve you too! Let me explain how:
The point of this message is that there is one thing we can control. I know people dealing with depression especially, feel like they have no control over any of it. While this is true in some cases such as you cannot control when or if it strikes and you can't control how soon it goes away...but the one thing you can control is how it is going to affect your life. In every situation we can control that one thing, how we react to it. Someone with deal depression may deal with dark thoughts and other symptoms, but how do you let that affect the choices you make? Some isolate themselves from others, (and regardless of what you think, it is not healthy) because we are meant to have connections and spend time with people. No one is saying you have to join parties and find large clubs. Even if it's just one friend that you are close to and spend lots of time with can help a lot. One of the big things about the depression is it creates a desire to isolate from others because then it is at its best, you are left alone to your thoughts and that is not a good place. This is one of the toughest situations for us to take control over because it fights so hard to control us. But guess what? You have the power to stand strong and proclaim that it will not rule your life. Is there any job your missing out on? Any friends you've become distant to? What's your daily life like? Are you productive with your time? These are all things that depression CAN affect but it won't! Why won't it? Because you are better than those thoughts! You are better than that depression or sickness that has entered your body! Find that close friend and let them know how much you appreciate them. Don't waste your time because you don't feel like doing anything because "depression" has weighed you down. The only way it has power over you...is if you let it. You are the one with the power. Do not let your situation take the one thing you can control.
I have learned this in my life. It is so easy to let those hard times in our life to take control but they don't have control unless we have given it up. I have given my control up so many times in my life and those who know me, know how positive of a person I am. My life quote is "everything has a good reason." I do not say it to annoy people and sound like I don't care about others situations, I say it because that is what I have learned the hard way. It's such a painful lesson to learn and even today I am still painfully learning it. We have control over how we react to every situation in our lives. The one thing that keeps depression or any other thing from ruining our lives, is our own self. It's how we choose to react, what we choose to do, the outcome is affected all by our own choices. You don't want to feel alone anymore? Stop isolating yourself. You don't want to hate yourself anymore? Start loving yourself! Don't wait for "the depression" to go away, because guess what...it won't! Until you stand up and shout straight to the core of the situation that you are in control and this day you are not owned by the circumstances that face you but by the way you choose to react. Now go! Change your life because it is in your own hands, not the situation.
By break free we do not mean that you are going to be completely healed, we do not control situations that come into our life. If you are struggling with something, then keep reading to find out the one thing that we do control.
Many of us have situations that reach our lives at some point. Whether it's dark thoughts that have gripped your mind, a job you just lost, losing your house, a family member dying, or even something simple such as missing an item or being late to an event...these are all things that we cannot change. Now you may think "this doesn't apply to me if my problem is depression or some kind of sickness." But the answer to that would be, it actually does involve you too! Let me explain how:
The point of this message is that there is one thing we can control. I know people dealing with depression especially, feel like they have no control over any of it. While this is true in some cases such as you cannot control when or if it strikes and you can't control how soon it goes away...but the one thing you can control is how it is going to affect your life. In every situation we can control that one thing, how we react to it. Someone with deal depression may deal with dark thoughts and other symptoms, but how do you let that affect the choices you make? Some isolate themselves from others, (and regardless of what you think, it is not healthy) because we are meant to have connections and spend time with people. No one is saying you have to join parties and find large clubs. Even if it's just one friend that you are close to and spend lots of time with can help a lot. One of the big things about the depression is it creates a desire to isolate from others because then it is at its best, you are left alone to your thoughts and that is not a good place. This is one of the toughest situations for us to take control over because it fights so hard to control us. But guess what? You have the power to stand strong and proclaim that it will not rule your life. Is there any job your missing out on? Any friends you've become distant to? What's your daily life like? Are you productive with your time? These are all things that depression CAN affect but it won't! Why won't it? Because you are better than those thoughts! You are better than that depression or sickness that has entered your body! Find that close friend and let them know how much you appreciate them. Don't waste your time because you don't feel like doing anything because "depression" has weighed you down. The only way it has power over you...is if you let it. You are the one with the power. Do not let your situation take the one thing you can control.
I have learned this in my life. It is so easy to let those hard times in our life to take control but they don't have control unless we have given it up. I have given my control up so many times in my life and those who know me, know how positive of a person I am. My life quote is "everything has a good reason." I do not say it to annoy people and sound like I don't care about others situations, I say it because that is what I have learned the hard way. It's such a painful lesson to learn and even today I am still painfully learning it. We have control over how we react to every situation in our lives. The one thing that keeps depression or any other thing from ruining our lives, is our own self. It's how we choose to react, what we choose to do, the outcome is affected all by our own choices. You don't want to feel alone anymore? Stop isolating yourself. You don't want to hate yourself anymore? Start loving yourself! Don't wait for "the depression" to go away, because guess what...it won't! Until you stand up and shout straight to the core of the situation that you are in control and this day you are not owned by the circumstances that face you but by the way you choose to react. Now go! Change your life because it is in your own hands, not the situation.
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