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December 23, 2013 at 5:21 pm #47504pedroParticipant
Hello everyone, I would really appreciate your advice and dialogue.
It’s been some months that I’ve been dealing with this issue. Everything is right with my life, I have no reason to be down but there’s something in my head that I just can’t get out. I’m always thinking about those who are miserable, dying of hunger, … those who are in the most extreme and horrible circumstances. And I can’t just ignore it without feeling guilty. I do what I can to help those around me but I don’t feel that’s enough. I’m usually a very happy and optimistic person, I try to focus on other things but I always end up feeling depressed. How do you think I can get this kind of thoughts out of my head and free my mind without feeling bad for those who are suffering and who I can’t to anything about?
Thank you in advance! (:
(English is not my first language so excuse me for some grammar mistakes/ confusing phrases)
December 23, 2013 at 7:03 pm #47505KlineParticipantHi Pedro, I think you are in a great place. Many people help others, but they are not in the place you describe – everything being right – so they must work with this challenges – health issues, family relationships, depression. You, on the other hand have your immediate joy for living to give, which is so needed, at every corner. Take some time, perhaps ten minutes a day, to look at these questions from a spiritual perspective. What are you being asked to do? Usually, we can start with what is right in front of us. Who could use some tenderness or encouragement? If you focus on helping those in your immediate surroundings and you still feel ill at ease, perhaps you are being called to work some where, where there is great need. Certainly these big questions should be asked along side with prayer and spiritually reading, especially the bible. And keep asking people. Ask here. That is a good start, but ask people who are living lives of service whom you admire and respect.
December 24, 2013 at 6:56 am #47511AikiBenParticipantI think this might help: “Lord grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” (The Serenity Prayer).
December 25, 2013 at 10:04 pm #47566AnnaParticipantHi Pedro, There are a few questions you might like to ask yourself: How exactly would you prefer to be feeling most of the time? What sort of things would you be doing in life in order to be that sort of person? And what would your environment/surrounding people/job/lifestyle be?
Cheers 🙂
AnnaDecember 26, 2013 at 1:15 am #47578PriscillaParticipantHi Pedro, sometimes I also feel that way. You are correct, though, it is a matter of mindset. I’ve found that by acknowledging that you are just one person helps a lot. Also, by believing that every single act of kindness count, no matter how trivial it might seem. I’ve also realized the depressed feeling comes from thinking you’re just one person against the world. It helps to think that there are many like yourself also doing the best they can to bring some good to the world.
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