Monthly Words of Encouragement, Personal Growth
Every day brings something new. While we can't always control what life throws at us, we can choose how we respond.
We can optimize our choices to ensure we invest our limited energy at the right places.
After all, you're a being made of energy.
Pay attention to how you spend your physical, mental, and emotional energy throughout the day.
For example, if a thought about the past comes up, do you let yourself get carried away by it?
Or do you make the conscious choice to come back to the present and truly focus on what’s in front of you?
Take note of how often your decisions are driven by fear, whether it’s:
We can’t eradicate fear, but we do have the ability to not let it drive our decisions. Remember, you don't have to try to control the fear. You only need to control your reaction to it.
Cultivating self-awareness empowers you to make deliberate decisions about how you use your energy.
Recognize the energy drainers; these are the activities that chip away at your energy levels, leaving you feeling depleted, often without you realizing it.
Once you begin to notice the patterns that drain your energy, you can start incorporating activities that help restore and balance it.
For example:
This allows you to maintain enough energy to stay focused on activities that are consistent with what you value most.
It’s especially important to create an arsenal of healthy habits you can practice intentionally - regardless of your circumstances, because challenges are an inevitable part of each day.
Things may not work out as expected. You might find yourself caught up in thoughts about the past, worries about the future, or facing a difficult interaction with someone.
By developing an inward awareness of your energy, you can better navigate difficult moments, so you’re not losing more of your energy than you have to.
Where your attention goes, your energy follows.
Start small. Focus on one positive change in your routine at a time.
Your energy can be consistently renewed by building intentional rituals, habits, and behaviors.
No matter what happens, there are always ways to practice healthy habits and recharge your energy.
While it’s true that our lives are shaped by countless factors beyond our control, it’s also true that worrying about them is unproductive.
You can’t be fully present or make the most of what you have when you’re giving your energy to worries that have no place in your current reality.
The present is your place of power.
The here and now is your opportunity to create outcomes that lead to a rich and fulfilling life.
Protect your energy. Invest it only in what brings value to your life.
At some point in our lives, we all go through experiences that make us ponder the meaning of it all.
Some people find their spiritual breakthroughs following a difficult and painful experience.
And others turn to spirituality to seek a meaningful connection with something bigger than themselves, once they find that their outward success doesn't give them the fulfillment they hoped for.
Life is filled with questions. There is a lot of noise.
Embracing a spiritual practice can help you to cope with:
Spirituality enables you to get closer to the feeling of peacefulness and serenity.
It puts you on a path to openness, equipping you to make space for your beliefs and values, and those of others.
This journey of spiritual exploration is deeply personal.
Suggestions from books, videos, wisdom teachings, and other people's experiences can nudge you in the right direction, but ultimately it's yours to explore.
You will come across a variety of theories and ideas pertaining to spirituality, and many of them will appear to be contradictory.
You just have to let your intuition guide you.
With practice, you will be able to figure out what works for you.
Being curious and having an open mind is the key.
Your first step can be to simply observe everything around and within you.
Spending time in silence allows you to embrace the messages of your inner self.
Journaling is a great habit to integrate into your spiritual practice, especially if you're a beginner.
Explore your feelings and thoughts. Reflect on your experiences and strengthen your awareness to cut through the noise and let the answers emerge.
Create a spiritual practice that is focused on being present.
Choose your thoughts carefully.
A spiritual practice can lead to inexplicable feelings of awe and wonder. There are many ways to experience this, such as:
A spiritual practice empowers you with the insights and tools you need to overcome obstacles, cope with unfortunate circumstances, your own biases, and the projections of your ego and that of others.
Difficult circumstances can evoke intense feelings in you, ranging from anger to hopelessness.
Building a strong connection with something bigger than yourself can bring a much-needed sense of comfort and relief.
Everything is connected.
When you get in touch with your spirituality, you begin to experience a profound shift in the way you see yourself and the world. Everything appears different from what you had previously assumed about life and the world.
You experience a deep connection with the oneness that binds us all.
Embracing uncertainty is one of the most difficult yet most important aspects of a spiritual journey. The more you chase certainty, the more you find yourself getting obsessed with confirming the veracity of spiritual ideas and lessons.
Remember, there's always more than what our eyes can see. It is not all that is.
This personal exploration of spirituality is all about making space for unanswered questions, contradictions, and mysteries of the universe.
Allow yourself to move beyond logic.
Here are some helpful articles to guide you on your spiritual journey and how you can start to build yours throughout the month of August!
Spiritual Practices: An Introduction to 5 Practices to Help You Explore Your Spiritual Side
Exploring Your Spiritual Side: 6 Practices You Can Try
25 Reflection Questions: Daily Questions to Prompt Spiritual Reflection
We all want things to sail smoothly. Yet life doesn't work that way.
Life will always throw challenges at you, which can leave you feeling exhausted and hopeless.
You feel like the world is out to get you.
But deep down there's a voice that says to you, everything will be fine.
That small voice within yourself is a reminder of your inner power.
When you are in touch with your inner power you can bravely face life's storms.
You can develop the resilience to bounce back stronger.
The key to building resilience lies in our perception.
Despite all the things you've been through, you can still become a happier person. But you're the one who has to make that decision for yourself.
You're the only person you can truly depend on.
Change is a fact of life. Use it to your advantage. Stop obsessing over a fixed narrative such as, "Good things never happen to me" or "I'm a loser who can't get anything right".
No situation is permanent.
You have to make a conscious effort towards rebuilding your well-being and sense of peace and happiness.
Throughout the month of August, make time to sort through your feelings and prioritize self-care to get yourself in a better headspace.
When you learn to better regulate your emotions and reframe challenging situations, you can reduce the impact of adverse events on your well-being.
The negative thoughts will keep coming. You have to take time to acknowledge them and organize them regularly. Otherwise, they will keep festering in your mind, and eventually turn into harmful beliefs.
When you're angry and resentful, your life seems worse than it actually is.
While it's important to reframe your perspective, you need to give yourself enough time to feel your negative feelings too. It's not realistic to assume that all the healing will happen instantly.
Some days will be harder than others.
You just have to make sure you're taking steps in the right direction.
You have to let your negative thoughts out, either by talking to a trusted person or writing about it. Make space for healing.
Positive thoughts and gratitude can help you keep the darkness at bay.
With good mental health habits in place, you can improve your ability to handle difficult times.
Remember that life will unfold as it's meant to.
Some things in life require conscious effort, and for others, you just have to let time bring you the answers.
Just keep going.
Here are some helpful articles for you to explore resilience and how you can start to build yours throughout the month of August!
Emotional Resilience: How to Start Building Your Ability to Adapt
A Step-by-Step Guide on How to Build a Thicker Skin
What's Your Adversity Quotient (AQ) & How Can it Help You Handle Life's Challenges?
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I understand what is my falls..
Always I think I am right doing positive things
But others not chair.. then I feel I am too much
Now l can understand I am wrong I am not positive
We can always learn from our experiences Sharifdeen. Don't forget to be kind to yourself as you go 🙂