Do you tend to project what may happen in your future or fret about things that have already occurred?
→85%
of what you worry about never happens and 15% of what does happen, you can handle
better than you thought you could.
When you live in the future predicting the outcomes or
live in your past regretting decisions that you made, peace leaves. If you have
been through some difficult seasons, learning how to stay in the present moment
can be challenging. When you have been through a series of misfortunes your
brain becomes rewired to a negative default setting gearing your body up for
any future calamities. Our bodies undergo chemical changes that prepares us for
any further dangers. A lot has to do with how you perceive the dangers in your
life. If you have perceived the stressors in life as dangerous, you will begin
to react to future occurrences that are similar in the same manner.
Don’t be hard on yourself if your reaction to a
threatening situation in your life was trying to figure on when it may happen
again, or what you may have done to prevent the outcome. This is a normal human
reaction to threatening or dangerous events. It is possible if you have had
numerous trauma’s that you are in default thinking to expect the worst case.
Taking life as it comes will not be the normal occurrence if you have been
exposed to traumatic life events.
How to take life as it comes:
1. Retraining
your thought processes will be most important in learning how to take life as
it comes. Daily renew your mind with the truth in God’s Word and let the truth
of His Word soothe your aching soul.
2. Speak
daily positive affirmations over yourself will help to rewire your faulty
thinking.
3. Pray
that God would help you to take life as it comes, and will bring healing to
damaged emotions.
4. Breathe
deeply and exhale slowly when disturbing thoughts come to your mind about what
if…Disturbing thoughts that play in your mind rev up your nervous system
causing anxiety and tension. After your cleansing breathes (do at least 3
sets), pull that thought down by replacing with a scripture that speaks life to
you. Keep notecards around that have these scriptures on them. There is healing
in the Word of God.
5. Set
your mind that when future negative circumstances come you will maintain a faith-filled
and positive mind. This can only happen if you learn to fully trust God in ALL
matters.
6. Adjust
your mindset that understands that there will be “sunshine” days and there will
be “stormy” days, and you cannot control when those days will occur. Learn to
be thankful when you have a sunshine day.
7. Take
it one day at a time. Yes, you can plan and planning is important but also be mindful
that life happens.
“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react.”
-Charles Swindoll
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