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How Peace Can Be Found From Within
How I found ways to help myself when life was falling apart.
Every day brings a choice: to practice stress or to practice peace. ~ Joan Borysenko
As a parent of a child now in recovery, I remember the days when watching my child self-destruct was more than I could bear. Along with the stigma and shame came feelings of guilt and failure.
How could we be in a place where my child needed drugs to get through the day? I felt that my life had turned to chaos, and I was always waiting for the next shoe to drop. I needed to work through the shame and blame and do something different.
And I was being told by the experts to work on myself, yet how could I do that when I was worried 24/7? And yet, I knew continuing on the path I was on wasn't healthy either.
I needed to find ways to take care of myself and lessen my stress.
As a parent of a struggling child, could I come to a place of feeling more balanced and calm? I knew it would help me make better decisions, and I would feel better, yet how to work through the constant worry felt daunting.
I decided to find new ways to help myself live a more peaceful life.
Uncertainty
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