The Gift In The Struggle

Lately there are many days I wish I could just lie down in a puddle of cats. I find myself saying "when we were in the pandemic" but the truth is we are still very much in a pandemic.

Yesterday I looked back at my clinic schedule from February 2020 and it continues to look vastly different. As I try to keep my head above water and continue doing what I truly love, I find myself feeling exhausted by the constant need to push. I know I am not alone in this. There is a palpable struggle for many people in the air. I consider myself a very optimistic person but lately those windows of optimism seem small.

If you are struggling, tired and having difficulty finding hope, I completely understand what you are going through.

So what do I do in times like this?

I cry. I allow myself to feel all of the sadness and frustration. I reach out to friends. I take my supplements. I continue to eat well. I run. I hike. I clean. I cry some more. I get acupuncture. I do yoga. I continue to do all the things that make me feel good. Most importantly I dig deep for all of the many many things that are working out for me and I remind myself of them every single day!

I try to remember that there is a gift in difficult times. That gift can help you move forward and grow you as a human being. It can help you get rid of what is not working. It can keep you from staying stagnant. It forces you to move, to change, to have realizations, to take the next step. I will be honest, what is harder for me during these times, is just doing nothing. Listening to my body, letting go and trusting it will all work out. I remind myself it always has and it very likely always will. We can’t always find the gift when we are in it but if you look back at the difficult times you have had throughout your life, I bet you can find the gift that came from that time.

I hope you have tools and folks to connect with too. Dig deep! Think back to the times you felt good and remember what you were doing for yourself. Start to do it again! Treat yourself like a friend. And maybe just allow yourself to do nothing at all.

There is a gift in the struggle that I am grateful for and now I am ready for some ease please!