Happy Monday! It certainly is a cold one around here. As I am sitting and writing this blog, it is 12 degrees outside and snowing. What is the weather like where you are? Today, I am sharing two ways to slow down in a hurry-up world!
Hurry up is a phrase that I catch myself saying all of the time. For example, before I hop into a meeting, I say I am going to hurry and take the dog out or hurry and grab some water. When my boys were little and they wanted me to do something for them, I had to hurry up, with what I was doing to give them my full attention. We live in a hurry-up world.
Hurry-up
I believe the Pandemic has caused many of us to slow down our hurry-ups. However, as time as moved along, my hurry-ups have started to come back.
Slow down…
Proverbs 8:34 states, “Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.”
This Proverbs teaches us to watch and wait at the doorway and we will be blessed. Maybe just maybe we miss our blessing because we are in a hurry. Rushing around can become a habit.
Two ways to slow down in a hurry-up world…
- Take time to breathe and relax between chores.
- Spend longer thinking and praying before making commitments.
Take a few minutes and ask yourself, why do I feel hurried all of the time? You may find out there really isn’t a good reason. Start today creating good habits for yourself. It is time to slow down in a hurry-up world.
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Happy Monday! Today I am sharing 3 reasons why you should pursue meaning, not happiness. We spend a lot of time and effort pursuing things that we think will make us happy. Once we have these things, we realize these things don’t really make us happy at all.
Pursue meaning, not happiness…
Viktor Emil Frankl was an Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, philosopher, author, and Holocaust survivor. He was the founder of the school of psychotherapy which describes a search for a life meaning as the central human motivational force. Frankl was arrested and put into a Nazi concentration camp along with his wife and parents. Frankl was the only one that survived.
He attributed his survival to one thing; meaning. Studies reveal that having a clear overall purpose and meaning in life increases our overall health and well-being. However, Frankl believes that our pursuit of happiness is the one thing that thwarts our chances to be happy. He also goes on to relate happiness to being a “taker” and meaning to being a “giver.” Frankl, provides 3 reasons why we should pursue meaning, not happiness.
How do we pursue meaning?
- First, by doing a good deed.
- Second, experiencing something.
- Third, the attitude we have when we experience suffering.
In Acts 16, Paul and Silas were accused of advocating customs unlawful for the Romans. They were beaten with rods and then thrown into prison. Instead of griping and complaining, they spent their time praying and singing hymns to God.
In life, we will experience suffering. You may be going through something today and it has overtaken you. I know all too well it is hard to have a good attitude when we are going through trials. But, we have a God who will be with us every step of the way. He will never leave us. Look to God to find meaning.
Everything can be taken from a man but one thing; the last of the human freedoms to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way. ~Viktor Frankl
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To learn more about the life of Viktor Frankl, visit the websites below.
Citation: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/01/theres-more-to-life-than-being-happy/266805/
Citation: http://www.logotherapyinstitute.org/About_Logotherapy.html
Happy Monday friends! As I was thinking about the events of this week, I started to think about things that have happened in my life over the years. Just when I thought I made it through a challenge, another one came along. Many times, I have felt so tired that even breathing was difficult. I am going to talk about two ways to keep moving forward even when you are tired.
Just tired…
My husband and I recently got the Covid. We did all the right things such as wearing a mask, social distancing, washing our hands, using hand sanitizer, not going out, etc. No matter how hard we tried not to get it, we still got it. The last three weeks have not been a picnic. But even still, God brought us through and continues to do so. We keep moving forward even when we are tired.
It was during these times that I chose to focus on all of the times God has been faithful in my life. When it seemed I couldn’t go on, God was there.
Moving forward…
First, change your focus to something other than. your challenges. Try focusing on God in the mornings and in the evenings.
Second, try self-talk. Say out loud that God is for me. He will never let me down. He loves me. I have nothing to fear. You will begin to have a whole new perspective.
Proverbs 4: 23 says “Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life.”
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