Sometimes, when I’m hurting a lot, or I’m having trouble with my memory or my walking or my balance, it actually helps to curse and cry and pity myself terribly for a few moments. And over the past year I’ve learned a few tricks, if you want to call them that, that keep me from spiraling out of control in permanent misery after the few moments are over. I think these tricks could work with almost any kind of bad day for just about anyone else, too.
First, on your good days:
- Be sure to really see, touch, taste, hear and feel everything.
- Write down and store up as many details of your little happy moments (and your big happy moments, of course) as you can, so that on your bad days you can remember that you are fully capable of having great days, too.
Then, on your bad days:
- Lean on the people you love and trust, those who want the best for you.
- When things get really, really bad, focus only on making it through the present hour. You can take care of the next hour when this one is gone.
- Every day, no matter how bad you feel, make sure you do at least one teeny tiny thing you truly love and enjoy.
- If you feel hopeless, keep in mind that you’ve made it through tough times before. Then look back on the things you wrote on your good days, all the details you stored up, and remember that those happy moments took place after a time when you felt as hopeless as you do today.
The bad days will eventually pass, and when they do, make sure you jump back to the first part and keep recording your good days.
I think if there is one post in this blog I would like my daughters to read, it would be this one.
(via happythings)
