Overwhelm And The Power Within

Did you ever wake up in the morning after a restless night and think that you cannot keep doing this anymore? Have you done this countless times and still forced yourself out of that cozy bed and back into the grind of the day? Is that what you call living? It sounds like overwhelm to me. Perhaps we cannot just stop what we are doing; but, we can change what we are doing. This does not always happen in a minute although once we resolve to change, the change indeed begins. It is like planting a seed. We must water it and nurture it and it will grow and so will we; right out of our present situations. Try it, you'll like it. Sometimes we seem to be placed in situations beyond our control and they become endurance tests for us. Can we keep on doing what we are doing until the storm breaks and life 'normalizes' once again? One observation is that these testing moments which we may attribute to God are as often as not, self-generated. Yes, indeed, we work ourselves into these corners and then try to patiently endure them while waiting on someone else to solve the problem or for the circumstances to change and the weather to change in our lives, so to speak. Can we still have personal growth in such situations? Yes we can; however, the best personal growth comes from creating our own solutions and working our way back out of the corners we create or we somehow get into. There is something to be gained in faithfully keeping our commitments and our integrity in tact during times of drought or storms in our lives. But, as true as this is, there is another side to the story. We do have the power within ourselves to overcome our situations and circumstances. It is largely mind-power. We have the power to create the solutions and to work those solutions to rise above our challenges and to learn to grow through our adversities. The next time overwhelm sets in, begin to get excited. This is opportunity for you to prove this truth to yourself. This is the chance to get creative and to solve your own problems. It is personal growth in the making. rnDo you ever allow your children to come up with solutions to their tiny problems so that they learn how to overcome? Perhaps your parents did this for you too. Those tiny problems may appear huge to them; and in fact, our huge problems would appear tiny to someone else. You can overcome, cut the challenges down to size and become better for the experience. rnThe power is within you to do and to accomplish and to achieve your purposes here on this planet. Sitting and waiting for rescue instead of hiking back to safety is not usually the answer to our rising above our situations. Forming new habits of success and practicing them daily with an attitude of gratitude and positive thinking creates a new and more powerful you. Stay tuned for other articles and stories that you can use in your life to grow through adversity and to rise above your overwhelm . rnMake this affirmation your own. "I have the power within me to overcome all of life's challenges and I am doing it." rnAll the best to you. Mike Dubeaurn