At one of lifes many turns in the road.....

I have come to another turn in the road of life. I am out of work, not sure how things are going to pan out for me in the future. I have no vehicle, so job searching is done by foot to the very few business in our little town. I have to admit at first it was hard to handle. Tears, rock in the pit of the stomach, the whole anxiety OMG feeling. After a good nights sleep, time to think, and pull myself together, I am ready for my life to change. What will those changes bring? Of this I am not sure, but life is full of the unknown. I recently learned a mantra in my Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Depression, ACT, which has helped me tremendously during this time. ACT stands for Accept... Choose.... Take Action. I have accepted the changes in my life and the fact i am now unemployed. I have made the choice to put extra effort into our web based store and internet activities as well as check around at the local daycare and see if anyone is hiring. And then on Monday, I will Take action by polishing up my resume, making some phone calls, and applying for some jobs. I will also be calling the landlord, welfare, and CCIS.. who knows maybe ccis will have more kids for me to childcare for.

Life is always going to throw curve balls your way. How you handle those curve balls or turns in the road will make a big difference as to what the outcome will be. My best advice to anyone out there who is struggling, out of work, or facing what seems to be an impossible situation is to keep your head up, stay positive and use ACT.

Anyone struggling with depression, I highly recommend The Mindfulness & Acceptance Workbook for Depression by Strosahl  & Robinson. It is a very helpful and practical book to help you with your depression. I am still working through it, but have found it a big help. I will be writing a full review of it when I am finished working through it for the first time.

Search Amazon.com for  the mindfulness & acceptance workbook for depresion

New Year

Nearing the end of January of 2010, I attended an Esbat tonight. It was a very powerful and thought provoking. As a result, I am looking into a lot of different areas of my life. 2010 will be a year of change for me. A year for the cocoon to break open and let the beautiful person come free of all that holds her back. I will be posting things of gratitude, positive thinking, meditation and stress release tips, ways to improve your thinking and your life. 2010 here I come.....

Some good tips from Ben Stein

10 Thoughts on How to Not to Go Crazy

1. Here’s a good way to wake up: in gratitude for just being alive.
2. Much of life is a gray area. Get used to it.
3. Not every day will be a great day. An ordinary day is good enough.
4. Harboring resentment against someone is like taking poison and expecting someone else to die.
5. A good relationship with God is like air-condition for the soul. It cools down the craziness.
6. Sometimes the only thing you get out of doing the right thing is . . . doing the right thing.
7. If you’re bored, it’s probably because you’re boring.
8. When in doubt about how to get there, ask those who are there.
9. If you really want to change your mood, do a random act of kindness and tell no one.
10. Love is a verb, not a noun.

Excerpted from The Eyes of Faith by Ben Stein. Copyright © 2009 (Hay House).

Sometimes life just is and there is nothing we can do

Sometimes events in life happen that are completely out of our control and yet effect us in a profound way. So how do you get through these times? Well I have found that friends, family and faith go along way in helping one through these times.