Clearing Away Clutter
Sometimes the path to eradicating pain has more to do with the battleground of the mind than a physical problem.
There are several barriers to overcome. Most of these barriers have to do with habits and traditions.
You may not be conscious of it, but you are trained.
Even your bad habits are part of your training that has gotten you into the mindset and patterns of behavior you currently have.
What Is Your Expectation?
For instance, if you are a person who worries a lot, you are accustomed to living in fear.
Either your self esteem is very low, so you worry that nothing you do will work out the way it’s supposed to in your mind.
You are so accustomed to instability, that you never expect anything more; or, you are a person who plans to fail because you fail to plan.
Yeah, that last one hit me like a stone too when I first heard it.
The point is, failure to think and at least attempt to chart the course of your life’s trajectory to some degree, will cause unnecessary stress, which will result in not only pain, but health problems.
This is because your emotional state not only affects your organs and systems, but every cell in your body.
Part of healing your body and eliminating pain has to do with clearing the clutter in the realm of the mind first.
This may mean getting rid of habits that are holding you back, and adopting new, better behaviors to replace them.
It can also translate into a physical removal of clutter from your home or life, including cutting ties with individuals that suck the life from you like a leech sucks blood.
The Process
Instead of approaching this process like the fast and furious, you may need to take baby steps.
If you attack the mountain with baby steps, and keep whittling away at it, eventually your viewpoint will change.
You will no longer be looking up at something that seems massive, and overwhelming, making you seem small.
As you win small battles against the base of that mountain, stones are crumbling and falling.
The process of falling stones will require commitment, because they signify change.
Even if you are not always consistent, if you are truly committed to your process, you will not stop.
Instead, no matter how slow your progress may seem to you and others, remember that it is your journey.
Being the unique individual you are, your journey will not be like anyone else.
The key is to record or keep evidence of your progress. Those milestones will keep you moving forward.
It’s time to move on to clear the next plateau or break down the next boulder in my way on the mountain.
I try to live in gratitude as much as possible.
So I’m thankful for the struggle because it’s building me up and making me not only more determined, but stronger.
I may not move through as fast as I want; but when the time issues frustrate me, I clear away the clutter of that issue by reminding myself that, “By perseverance the snail reached the ark.”(Author Unknown)
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