The slump

In a slump ? Take a read, this may help you overcome it.

I laid on my bed tonight and thought aloud, the bible sat cozy with a paper atop it. That piece of paper was all my dreams and hopes, all the things I wanted to accomplish in the near and not so distant future. My arms lay outstretched and my eyes were focused on the ceiling. I had been through this time and time again and this past year and change felt like a prolonged version at some points. Am I being tested or am I just straight being messed with ? What am I supposed to do ? What words am I supposed to say to get this grey sky to turn blue? They say it’s darkest before the dawn but it feels more like 30 days of night than a prosperous new day. Something is holding the sun back and it’s not just my mindset…

There’s been times when it’s felt like the best mindset have not helped; all that positive thinking and changing semantics with the expectation of success hasn’t helped as much as I needed it too. Sometimes, even if the mindset is right, things will still go bad and if you’re not ready or trained for it, falling down will be easier than  standing up. I even remember a time when I was in real danger and it felt like no one came; there was no phone call or knock on the door, no strange and miraculous moment happened like in those movies. However, I did survive and I have God to thank for that.

I rolled on my side and thought some more; Was I just being negative because of this slump? Or was I being matter of fact? You can never really know these days with all the messages out there telling you how you should do this, think that, be that way, say this often, repeat affirmations etc. It just all doesn’t seem to add up at times and I’ve felt like i’m the only one that can get out of this. Friends and family will try but at the end of the day it’s your struggle and you decide how and why you’re going through it. I could give up and walk away, I could settle for a meaningless job and a basic life. I could just date a few women, work a mundane job with a decent, stable paycheck every month and eat a ton every day to wash away whatever voice of reason that tells me to keep trying.

I rolled onto my back again, something inside of me was poking at my brain, it was “purpose” and it was telling me to find a meaning in the suffering. Money cannot buy character, it can’t buy values nor can it truly give you the life you want. Believe it or not, it can’t even take you out of a poverty. Sure, to the poor man richness seems legit; yet there are many people who leave their six figure jobs and come home to alcohol addictions, abusive relations and this nagging belief that they need to earn X amount of dollars and look a certain way to amount to something. They are never quite satisfied and they just don’t seem to have a meaning to their life, so they go on suffering, silently waiting for that moment of awakening.

Sometimes, we get so disheartened, so downtrodden and feel so downplayed that we downplay the blessings and little miracles that we have right in front of us. Take a moment and really think about what you have or had today; think about the family, friends and other things you’re thankful for but haven’t been able to take the time to think about…take a minute while reading this to acknowledge those things.

If you’re in a slump, or have been, I hope this hits home, because I’m trying to relate to you in your situation. I grabbed one of my legs and started stretching while a thought shot into my head. Suffering happens to us all, so you might as well find a meaning in that struggle; build character, build some values, build yourself. It’s about self development reader, that’s why we’re in this slump. We’re slumping so that we can get tired of slumping and eventually find or create a reason to stand. You don’t need to pay someone to develop your character, it comes by paying special attention to what you’ve gone through and what you’ve learned as a result of it. What would you have been had you not been in this ? What lessons would you have missed if you weren’t in this slump now ?

Funny, that struggle seems more like a blessing every day. I’m so happy I didn’t turn out mundane and that I’ve grown in so many ways; I wouldn't have written this message, this blog wouldn’t have existed, this mission to help others be fit in mind and body would be non-existent and you would have never read anything I've written…

Find the meaning and build character in that struggle…

Author's Note

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