What do you do when you feel like life is so crazy you feel that you are stuck in the mud? Right now that is how I feel. We just maneuvered through two years of crazy Covid and now we are in outrageous inflation, housing costs and fuel prices, and Russia is “invading” Ukraine. The “quotes” are there because I guess it is politically incorrect to use the term invading. I don’t care – just call me politically incorrect – I own it! It is so easy to let our minds wander down the road to a year from now and see the disastrous repercussions of what is going on now.
I feel like the country and the world is, as my Sister calls it, a “sh*t show”.
Here is what I TRY to do. I shut off the TV. I retreat to where I feel grounded. I take Wally for a long walk in below freezing temperatures until I can’t feel my face (that is what I did this morning). I find a body of water and just sit and listen to music (what I am doing now). I meditate. I talk to God and I thank Him for my many blessings.
I feel, and some may disagree, that the stuff that gets us stuck is “of this world”. We are all human and get sucked into it quickly and easily.
It is these times we need to take a breath and just STOP. Stop letting the media creep into our minds and look at the world in all dark grays – find the colors. Get off social media if that is what triggers you – I am lucky that a lot of my Facebook family mainly post positive things. If there is a person who is doom and gloom, avoid them when you feel vulnerable – but when you find your center and strength, ultimately help them to see that life is not really that way.
While I am writing this, I am sitting in my car, looking at the frozen lake with a lone person ice fishing in the distance – I am finding my center, finding my peace.
