How to thrive—even when you are sick, or worse…

My plans for this weekend; read, read, read!

Who else has big plans for the weekend? It’s been a week — I’ve not been feeling very well for a few days, so I’ve been having a bunch of tests & scans done—definitely not what I had planned. But that’s what life is right? What comes up while we are busy making plans. And while I can’t control it, or my energy levels, I can control what I feed my body and mind, and do the best I can in an unexpected tricky situation.

I gave myself the freedom to sleep a lot, take a couple of days off exercise, and watch reruns an old show I love. To have super early nights and daytime naps. To take time to nourish and rejuvenate while figuring out how to get better quickly, waiting for meds to work, scans and tests results to come back in.
It will be a low key weekend too, and I plan to enjoy every minute of downtime I can!

We can’t control what happens to us.
We can’t control if we suddenly get sick, or if I love one does, or worse.
But we can try not to spiral.
It doesn’t help.
We can shut off the negative news.
Our negative thoughts are like negative news playing 24/7 and impact how we see the world.
We must choose not to buy into it, as much as we can.
To train our brain as a muscle, so it occurs as a choice and something we can do.
We can find the light in any dark situation.
We can control what we make things mean.
We can control what we do next.
When we manage our mindset, we learn how to thrive in an ever-changing world.