“Feeling Trapped” Blog #87
Do I feel stuck in a corner, with no way out right now?
Have I found more time is spent on the negative and not positive?
Has everything in my life become just too overwhelming?
Every one of us have had ups and downs and difficult situations to get out of. There are
hundreds of platitudes to suffice. So here are some of my favorites.
“A bad attitude is like a flat tire; if you don’t change it, you won’t go anywhere”. (Joyce Meyer)
Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can do what others can’t”. (Jerry Rice)
And one of the best:
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose”. (Dr. Seuss)
I think about life around me and how many examples of necessary care are out there. IF I
don’t fill my car with gas, what will happen? I cannot drive it! IF I don’t plug my phone in
at night - the battery willl be dead and it will not work? IF I don’t eat food and drink liquids
I will get weak and die. These are basic rules of life.
If I don’t have a map for my life, I most likely will find myself “Lost in darkness”. So what
about all that stuff in the middle of my life? What STUFF fills up my day? Gossip? Junk
food? TV? Computer trash? Facetime and different apps? WORRY….. And people around
me!!
Don’t I sometimes wish I could become more weightless? How often do I take on things in
life, or other peoples stuff that bog me down and make me feel trapped. Life does not
need to be like this. We are meant to live life with a lighter touch. Have you ever watched
a balloon that has helium put into it? It gets bigger and bigger and pretty soon when it is
all blown up, it can float high up into the air….weightless. When I gave the examples of the
phone needing to be charged and filling up my car with gas, I thought, what about me?
Am I so cavalier to think that life just happens to me regardless of how I eat, how I think, or
how I act?”
NO. MY attitude at the start of every day is what steers me completely. So today I am
more aware, I am better fed, I have my tools and “I BUCKLE UP”. As this time I AM prepared.
I do not now, nor ever will I, feel trapped in doing things. I understand and I believe that
NOTHING CAN HARM ME IF I DO NOT ALLOW IT.
So what exactly does this mean? This means I am aware that LIFE is out there YET, I need
protection. First and foremost I must protect myself with prayer at the start of every day.
Now after prayer it is “in the knowing” that as I choose to make decisions about what
unfolds in front of me I have instilled “discernment”. This means I NOW internally know to
make the correct decision for my life.at that time. Sad, depressing dark thoughts are
being PUSHED away - REPLACED with my words of revive ….rehabilitate….rejuvinate…….renew…
reenergize and recondition.
I MUST understand and believe that my body is truly the Temple of God. There is an
internal obligation to MYSELF and my GOD to daily remember this. While I am on this
journey of life, it’s so important for me to travel lighter. Don’t take myself so seriously and
GO OUTSIDE TODAY AND reenergized, I WALK. Everything in my life takes on a different slant
when I am outside walking and listening and looking at nature, I breathe in new life. . My
troubles? Yes, they may be there, yet I remember to refocus on a higher self inside of me.
THIS TO SHALL PASS. No matter what, I have healthy thoughts. No matter what, I have
internal help. NO matter what, I have today and I have choice. I can choose good things
for myself because I am blessed with a healthy mind to do this. Nothing can ever harm
me IF I do not allow it to.
FROM THIS MOMENT ON…..I DO NOT ALLOW IT. I can play a beautiful song….I can read an
uplifting book, I can watch a funny movie, I can laugh with a valued friend. I can just be by
myself and take deep breaths. NO MORE DWELLING IN DARKNESS, LIFE IS TO BE LIVED.
When I think of the words restore, refresh and replenish, I am thinking how these words are
working hard in my life to bring out the best in me now. I need to wake up every morning
refreshed. This means I must get a good night’s sleep and a minimum of seven to eight
hours of important rest. When I think of the word replenish, I walk into my kitchen and I
am determined to replenish my body with good healthy food. I eat breakfast no matter
what. I can choose free-range eggs, oatmeal, yogurt, fruit and nuts. I can make a
smoothie with lots of fresh fruits. My mind needs to be restored every day. I must read
healing, inspiring, uplifting words. (Even if I pull them up on my phone.)
All around me are choices. I can listen to good, calming music. I can start with deep
breathing and above all, a simplistic prayer, “Thank you Lord that your will, not my
will, be done in my life today”. So, with that prayer, I am determined to make healthy
choices. I let go and let God, take over at the helm of my ship. He’s a much better
captain then I ever will be.
Can I take off this heavy coat of entrapment now and trust in my Lord?
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