January
29
There are those dreaded days where you just feel down. You could be sick, you could be lonely, you could be missing someone, or you can just be down for no reason at all. I know you expect me to tell you to smile, sing a song and skip the whole day to get out of it. No.
It is OK to have a down day. It is normal in our lives to need a moment from we just can’t be the most positive smiling person in the world. That is fine. Now, how you handle your down day is how you survive.
When I get sick with the flu, I try to fight it off as much as I can. I go about my day as if nothing is wrong and I just have a little cold. I push myself along and keep laughing and enjoying the day. After a few days of it, my body lets me know I need to give it up and rest. How do I find this out? I wake up one morning feeling like I was hit by a truck and just want to cry.
When this happens, I catch myself trying to put on another strong brave face but stop and say. It is OK to be down, today you have a pity party. So I do, stay home and feel gross and sleep the day away. I complain I am sick and can’t wait until I feel better.
It is the next day that makes a difference. When I wake up and still feel sick. Before I start the second pity party, I remind myself I already did that. I had my day and now today I am working on being better.
It is OK to take time out to miss someone, to feel lonely or sad but it is the amount of time we spend on it that affects our lives. Allow yourself the time to feel these emotions BUT do not allow yourself to get stuck in them You need to let them out or they will just sprung up somewhere else. So take the time but stay in control in the amount of time you will let yourself feel down.
Lets be honest, who wants to be down all the time? No one. So enjoy your pity party for the day but pick yourself up the next day and start charging ahead. You can do it.
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