Yesterday I stated that there were varied reasons for doing this challenge. Since this is a blog about journeying to wellness, I thought I should start with wellness. You see, I am convinced that being healthy is more than physical health. There is spiritual health, emotional health, financial health, mental health and probably some other areas that I can't think of right now. But they all play a part of our wellness. Which is why I decided to resurrect this blog for the 31 day challenge. (Resurrect is probably not the right term since I have posted a couple of time this year.)
One big reason that I am doing this challenge is to start documenting my struggles. I know that no one really cares about my "first world" problems but someone may some day learn from them. Plus my goal is improvement not solutions. Writing it out will help me think about them, as well as keep me focused on forward progression.
One universal truth is: "if something is not growing, it is dying". I came across this quote around 16-17 years ago. I was teaching a lesson on dealing with stress and depression. At that time I was living in Vancouver, Washington. The weather was constantly rainy and overcast. I tend to struggle a little with depression in gloomy weather. Added to this one stressor, was the fact that I had a teenage son struggling with anger and abandonment issues. Which was resulting in rebellion, stealing, aggression and drugs. On top of that there had been several teen suicides in the area. Which didn't help. I was struggling and I wasn't the only one in that area.
My women's group at church had monthly activities and we were trying to get someone to come in and talk about recognizing the signs of depression. What to look for and when to be concerned. Unfortunately, the idea was squashed because and I quote "we don't want the women to leave thinking they are depressed"
So my talk became about finding happiness. But that one quote was how I started it off. You see we may not get to choose whether our bodies are growing. But every other part of our lives, we can control. So that is the goal. Finding ways to grow. I firmly believe that growth will result in happiness.
How will you choose to grow?
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