Are you waiting for something to happen? Are you waiting for another person to do something for you or to arrive in your life or waiting until you lose weight, get that promotion, or are able to afford the right house or car? After a person has been through a tough, traumatic event or suffered a loss it can feel absolutely natural to put everything on hold and wait for a better day. Somehow, however, we have to find a way to move on with our lives and NOT put everything on hold in hopes that “something” will change or happen.
Instead of waiting for something to happen outside of ourselves or something to happen to us or in our lives, it might just be the time for us to step up and start taking care of ourselves and our families; we may need to begin making choices and decisions and give ourselves permission to take back our lives instead of waiting to see if something will save us or happen that leads us in a new direction.
I know that it can, at times, be right to sit back and let things evolve a little. For those of us who have been through a divorce, or death, or separation, or other intense loss, we might need a break and a time to heal and just sit still for a little while. But, there is a difference between recuperating and rebuilding strength and putting one’s life on hold and waiting for someone to come and rescue us. At some point, we need to take control and harness our own power and start taking those steps that pull us forward into the future. So why not take that class? Fix up the house or apartment you are currently living in? Begin dating again? No one is going to do it for us and what are we waiting for anyway?!
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