Need saving? Save yourself.
If you’re looking for a life-saver, try looking within.
by: E.B. Johnson
Finding our own way in this increasingly maddening world is hard. We get lost in the details and the chaos and before we know it, we’re barely keeping our heads above water.
When you’re feeling vulnerable or when you’re struggling emotionally, it can seem a bit like being stuck on a sinking ship. Getting pulled under by our grief or our hopelessness leaves us exhausted and looking for relief in strange places. Feeling like you aren’t strong enough to go on can cause you to seek salvation in others — a dangerous precedent to set and a foolhardy pattern to find yourself repeating.
If life is falling apart around you, there’s only one person you can turn to: yourself. You are the only one who can save the day. Realizing that takes time, though, and it takes coming to rely on yourself like you never have before.
Why we rely on others to solve our problems.
There are many different reasons we look to other people to solve our woes when the going gets tough. For some of us, it is simply because we are too run-down by our depression or struggle to see our own strengths clearly. For others, it’s sheer laziness or foolhardiness.
