"Experts say older adults can manage stress effectively by focusing on the present moment without judgment. " This is where my focus is, Janice. Every morning when I wake up I tell myself "This is my life now, and I can deal with it." I try not to compare it to my life before and whine. And I try not to think of how much worse the pain and infirmity will be in the future. No point! I just work with what I have TODAY. What I can do today? How I can measure success today? What one thing can I love today? How can I show kindness today? How can I accept help gracefully today?
Hi Sharron, Those are really wise words, "working with what we have today" and wonderful questions to be asking each morning - kind of setting the focus for the day. Thank you for sharing them.
Hi Janice. Just stopping by to say Hi. Thank you for sharing so honestly where you're at with your frustrations. You are probably doing better than you think. It's so hard when our body doesn't do what the mind wants. However, for me, this was the path to being so much more loving with myself. When I was having therapy for Long Covid, the therapist said, in terms of self love, that we can love that critical, frustrated part of ourselves; the part that is being mean to us! We don't have to make it go away, just love it as part of loving us. I found that helped me because you don't have to deny how you're feeling but there is something positive you can do about it.
You are probably doing better than you think. Lots of love ❤❤
A question we might want to consider: “What more we can do to honor our mind and body as we get older?
So much here resonates either way me… my heart is smiling knowing that another solo elder is effectively navigating the challenges of aging alone:)
Hi Dahna, It's much more difficult than I thought, that's for sure.
"Experts say older adults can manage stress effectively by focusing on the present moment without judgment. " This is where my focus is, Janice. Every morning when I wake up I tell myself "This is my life now, and I can deal with it." I try not to compare it to my life before and whine. And I try not to think of how much worse the pain and infirmity will be in the future. No point! I just work with what I have TODAY. What I can do today? How I can measure success today? What one thing can I love today? How can I show kindness today? How can I accept help gracefully today?
Hi Sharron, Those are really wise words, "working with what we have today" and wonderful questions to be asking each morning - kind of setting the focus for the day. Thank you for sharing them.
Hi Janice. Just stopping by to say Hi. Thank you for sharing so honestly where you're at with your frustrations. You are probably doing better than you think. It's so hard when our body doesn't do what the mind wants. However, for me, this was the path to being so much more loving with myself. When I was having therapy for Long Covid, the therapist said, in terms of self love, that we can love that critical, frustrated part of ourselves; the part that is being mean to us! We don't have to make it go away, just love it as part of loving us. I found that helped me because you don't have to deny how you're feeling but there is something positive you can do about it.
You are probably doing better than you think. Lots of love ❤❤
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