Why am I so drowsy today? Yes, I stayed up late, mindlessly watching TV. Slept in because I didn’t have to get up early but wanted to so I could study and write.
Instead of beating myself up for doing what I knew I shouldn’t, I need to first accept I’m just tired. I screwed up. No one’s fault. It just is. So get on back to the original plans for the day.
Then of course something else comes up. The toilet runs water off and on. Tried to figure that out, tampering here and there with adjustments levels, looking up utube fixes. Always you can find it on utube!
Back to plans for the day. But the chair I’m sitting on keeps slipping off one of those do-hickeys, the bar you put your feet on. Looked for ways to fix that. Adjustment here and there, well darn it, I’ll fix it later.
Again back to today’s plans, but gosh I’m hungry, I haven’t eaten all day. Go to take care of that.
We all have days like that. Probably, worse ones, huh? We always seem to have to go find adjustments. Adjust to the situation, to the problem, to the plans, adjust your life.
This adjustment-making seems to go hand in hand with acceptance--accept the things you’re powerless over, doesn’t mean you like what’s happening. That’s just the way it is. Once you accept it, look for ways to adjust to the situation, ways that are helpful, useful, purposeful. That helps clear out a lot of the anxiety and restores power within. I can deal with it. That reminds me of a favorite bible verse: “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Phil 4:13.
Yes, and I tend to “adjust” that scripture a tad sometimes with “I can do all sorts of things through Christ…” I say it with a chuckle of course believing that the Lord finds humor in that just as much as I do!
So if there’s a problem--think it over. Review it. Talk with others. Accept it for what it is. Then make adjustments to deal with it. The problem could then very well go away. Or at least not be as bothersome.
If only life were so simple. I think I’ll take a nap. Theresa M
quote: “Live in the solution, not the problem.” - AA wisdom
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