Reflecting on how the stories we tell about ourselves—I am ____, I’m just ____, and so on—become prisons of sorts. And how we can break free from them.
This is such an important lesson for me right now. I am suffering from what may be “long Covid” — where minimal exertion can literally lay me low for a day or more. I have always been a very active person, involved in church and community, and I can no longer easily make plans because I never know when the overwhelming fatigue will hit. I have been SO frustrated, complaining at the forced inactivity, and it never occurred to me that perhaps I need to redefine myself, (tho’ hopefully not permanently). Perhaps I now need to be a person who sits and contemplates, who rests outside more often to just enjoy nature, or whoever I might need to be when I’m unable to fill my day with activities. Thanks for giving me this insight into a better way of dealing with this disability.
Peggy, thank you so much for sharing that with me. 🫶🏽 And I'm SO sorry for your, current, loss of energy and bouts with fatigue! 😢 And. What a powerful realization for yourself! Wow. I can feel the life in your words about shifting your perspective and reframing things. That's beautiful! I hope and believe this will help you experience greater inner freedom and wholeness. Blessings! 💙
This is such an important lesson for me right now. I am suffering from what may be “long Covid” — where minimal exertion can literally lay me low for a day or more. I have always been a very active person, involved in church and community, and I can no longer easily make plans because I never know when the overwhelming fatigue will hit. I have been SO frustrated, complaining at the forced inactivity, and it never occurred to me that perhaps I need to redefine myself, (tho’ hopefully not permanently). Perhaps I now need to be a person who sits and contemplates, who rests outside more often to just enjoy nature, or whoever I might need to be when I’m unable to fill my day with activities. Thanks for giving me this insight into a better way of dealing with this disability.
Peggy, thank you so much for sharing that with me. 🫶🏽 And I'm SO sorry for your, current, loss of energy and bouts with fatigue! 😢 And. What a powerful realization for yourself! Wow. I can feel the life in your words about shifting your perspective and reframing things. That's beautiful! I hope and believe this will help you experience greater inner freedom and wholeness. Blessings! 💙