What does your learning curve look like?
Sometimes we all need an "inventory" to show us how to make our struggle easier while creating a better life. Our willingness to try is all it takes. Naturally, we will make mistakes along the way and we will learn. Thankfully, God never expects us to be perfect!
Have you ever purchased or ordered something that needed assembly when you got it home? It always comes with instructions that any five-year-old could follow, but maybe not an adult! (enter pun). Well, there are at least five basics we can easily follow to put together a great life! Ready to try?
- Build a support team. Share struggles with those we trust to listen and encourage.
- Ask for help. We can't always do everything by ourselves.
- First things first. Organize and get rid of what we don't need from the past.
- Make plans. Find a place to live and work that will truly make us joyful.
- Dream. There are goals we've always wanted to accomplish. Now is the time!
You're free to go ahead and add any other "basics" you can think of. Grab hold and be determined to start a new journey!
Just remember, no one else will be able to make things right for us, so when we are ready, we must decide to put one foot in front of the other and do something about our lives to make them better. Building a new life takes time and patience. It's a process and a choice. Establishing what to do, how to do it, and when to do it is part of the learning curve. And it is personal. One certain way will not be the same solution for another woman. But one thing is definite: We are all on a new journey whether we like it or not. We can do this together and help each other to grow and survive with enthusiasm and dignity.
Here's the all-important question for right now: how do we gain the strength we lost while dealing with re-inventing our lives? Battling physical exhaustion and emotional fatigue feels like an enormous plug someone removed from the bottom of our foot and everything drained out leaving us empty. But even worse than that, chronic exhaustion prevents us from living to our fullest capacity while our bank accounts dwindle paying out medical costs.
Not feeling or looking our very best blocks us from doing what we need and want to do to survive. Our bodies resist movement and, therefore, it gets harder and harder to get the momentum going. Something is missing. Surely we have things we have been wanting to do for years now and couldn’t wait to begin. Let’s think seriously about the alternative: do we want to replay the past? Of course not! It is our decision now to make our lives better. All the dreams we had while still married can now be wholly fulfilled--no one is holding us back. Yeah, world! We can do this.
Here's the all-important question for right now: how do we gain the strength we lost while dealing with re-inventing our lives? Battling physical exhaustion and emotional fatigue feels like an enormous plug someone removed from the bottom of our foot and everything drained out leaving us empty. But even worse than that, chronic exhaustion prevents us from living to our fullest capacity while our bank accounts dwindle paying out medical costs.
Not feeling or looking our very best blocks us from doing what we need and want to do to survive. Our bodies resist movement and, therefore, it gets harder and harder to get the momentum going. Something is missing. Surely we have things we have been wanting to do for years now and couldn’t wait to begin. Let’s think seriously about the alternative: do we want to replay the past? Of course not! It is our decision now to make our lives better. All the dreams we had while still married can now be wholly fulfilled--no one is holding us back. Yeah, world! We can do this.
Tip of the Day: "I know the LORD is always with me. I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me" (Psalm 16:8 NLT).
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