A Series of Unfortunate Events: Dealing With Disaster
Instead of a series, let's make that a week of unfortunate events. Have you ever had a week where everything just goes plain wrong? As soon as the day is over, you sigh a breath of relief and look forward to the next day but then BAM, SPLAT, POW: there it is another unfortunate event.
Okay, so there are three ways you can look at a week like this.
- Sulk. "Woe is me, my life sucks and I just can't take it." Well, this is a way to handle things, but it does not take you to a positive place it only drags you deeper into that negative and sour mood.
- Keep Your Head Up. "And This Too Shall Pass." If you think about every bad situation in your life, the commonality is that you got through it. You reached the other side. Sure you may have been bruised but you wound up standing tall shortly thereafter and moving forward with your life. Possibly with a greater sense of self confidence or even a greater understanding of who you really are.
- Get Ready For Something Special. "The Joy of Peaks and Valleys." There are rough times in our lives but inevitably those times pass and lead to joyous occasions of accomplishment, delightful surprises, and new found direction and opportunities that exceed our wildest dreams.
As for my week of unfortunate events, I dabbled in all 3 strategies. My smile was turned upside down, I was irritable and cranky (not my best presentation, sorry for those that felt the cold shoulder and missed my warming smile and my cornball jokes/mannerisms), I also worked on keeping my head up (went back and forth from stage 2 to stage 1 a few times), but I finally arrived in stage 3. It is certainly a better place.
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Great blog!
This is the "hidden" side of fitness & health.
Everyone has their ups and downs, and Jamo always tells me, its a roller coaster, that thing called life.
Its not about how high your highs are, but about how well you deal with your lows.
Its almost like an outline of how we deal with things, as Im sure most go through these stages in that order too.
Its important to go through each stage, and as we get better at understanding ourselves, we can go through the negative stages quicker.
Ultimately we seek to limit stage 1 to a single subconscious thought, which only occurs the instant an injury or event happens.
For example, instantly recognizing after an injured ankle, that the injury is not good. Then move on towards what can I do to make this beneficial. Can I get caught up on some work, or can i take this time to better organize my meals, or something else.
just an example.
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Great Insight!
You are absolutely right and it is funny how in retrospect we can look at a situation with so much logic and understanding but when we are in the situation it is hard to think as clearly. We are all a work in progress.
like I always say
when you find yourself at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on!
great write,
hugs! Teri
Great Mantra!
You are right about that.
Great advice..
I was in step 1. for awhile, however, I am trying to keep my head up high.
Thanks for this post.