By Ahsan
“He who has hope has everything”.⎯unknown
Life is not all a bed of roses. Even if it was, you could expect that there will be the occasional thorn to deal with.
The beauty of life is that it delivers an experience. How we experience our lives is something we can work on. Let us accept the truth in the concept of handling life with skills that are practiced. Please pause and let that sink in. Knowledge is one thing; practicing what you know makes all the difference. Would you agree?
You can know how to get healthy, but actually doing the work is how you get fit. That means daily effort: eating well, prioritizing restful sleep, drinking lots of water, doing some exercise for 30 minutes, lowering stress and getting social with real humans, live….face to face!
The challenge is that we do not truly prioritize this mindset. You can win at life if you start thinking about doing so as an actual goal. If it is a real goal, you will begin to think of how you can win and naturally start going about doing it. Do your homework!
In your research, you may come across the concept of having hope vs. giving up hope.
The magnitude of the effect of having hope is not to be underestimated. It can really help to deal with life and the occasional thorns.
Having hope, in my opinion, boils down to having a mindset and personal confidence and belief that you can put your life back together again. A lot of anxiety and sleepless nights could be avoided if people just focused on their incredible ability to put their lives back together again⎯because they have the skills to do so. Putting your life back together should it go to naught is a significant concept to etch into your mind.
Our minds can work against us. Many aspects of our minds do not work the way that we want. So…what can we do? WE need to understand our mind's biases and use counter thoughts that enable us to feel more hopeful. Talk back to negative thinking, for example. The more hopeful you are, the more you will enjoy life.
Remember that HOPE stands for HOLD ON POSSIBILITIES EXIST!
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