7 Things to Remember When You Feel Your Life is Not Moving Forward

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[shareable]What season are you in, in your life? [/shareable]

Right now it’s winter, right? It’s Christmas season, everyone is having a great time, it’s time for friends and family, for giving, for loving, for caring.

But in your life, what is it that you are going through? Are you having a difficult time?

Is there something that you’re facing that you are not willing to accept, you don’t want to be there? You want to be able to move on, you want to find some success, some new progress, you’re waiting for the New Year to start so that you can tackle that new thing that you want to do, or move in a new direction in your life, set new goals.

There is something important that we often tend to forget and that is that life has its seasons, life has its ups and downs.

Does This Frustrate You

I was talking with my coach the other day and she brought up the topic of seasons; well actually, I brought it up because I was a little bit frustrated, I was just frustrated about where I was and some areas that I wanted to grow in and I wanted to move forward and a decision I had to make that put me under a little bit more stress and a little bit more work that I had to do than what I wanted, in a direction that’s not exactly what I want to be in or I want to be doing.

Tip From My Coach

But she reminded me, “Look, it’s only for a season, not everything comes into our lives and stays.”

Now I want to give you seven reminders when you feel like life is sort of weighing you down and it’s keeping you at an uncomfortable place, a place you would rather not be.

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1. Life Has Its Seasons

Remember, life has its seasons, just accept this fact and learn to not be so upset or frustrated when you’re in one of the places that you would rather not be.

[shareable cite=”Abe Stone”]Learn acceptance. Work from a place of power rather than a place of resistance and frustration and anger.[/shareable]

2. This Won’t Last Forever

You need to just know that it is not going to last forever. No matter how bad it is, no matter how difficult it seems to be, no matter how frustrated you are.

3. Your Life Moves with the Words That You’re Speaking

This is more of an action step, which I think you can take, but if you learn to change your story, your life moves with the words that you’re saying.

Rather than saying things like,

Things will never change.”

or

That’s impossible.”

Or

Will my life ever change? Am I ever going to get out of this?”

Talk to your mind and just say,

Thank you for sharing.“

Let it do its thinking, I mean it’s not you, sometimes it’s just mental activity.

Then ask questions like,

• How true is it that the things never change?

Just start looking in your past, ask questions like,

• How have things changed in the past?
• What things have I made it through in the past?

Or ask a very simple question, an action question,

• What is one small thing that I can do today to change my situation?

Or, simply ask,

• Who can I enroll to help me in this change that I need for the new direction that I want to go?

Start reframing your story and putting it in a new light by asking questions that are not resisting you situation, but are actually changing the story and the perspective that you have on your story.

4. Acceptance Puts You in a State of Power

Number four, is acceptance. I’m not talking about just giving up on a situation, oh, this is just the way my life is, it’s never going to change; but really accepting, “I’m okay with this.”

Think about it this way, if you are frustrated and let’s say you really want to have a good time with the person that you’re close to but you’re upset about something that they did. If you stay in that upset mode and you don’t accept them, you go and then you’re like, “Okay let’s go watch a movie together, but I’m so upset with you..” You can’t, right, you just can’t relax.

But if you’re like, “Okay, I accept this, they made a mistake, I accept that they are not perfect” or whatever it is that you… And, all right, “How about we go watch a movie? Let’s go do something together.”

You see, it’s a very different attitude that you take when you go forward. And that’s with anything in life; just accept it and you work from a place of power rather than a place of resistance and frustration and anger. (Read The Power of Now)

5. You May Need to Work a Little Harder for a Time

You may have to work a little harder to make it through a difficult situation; you may have to put more muscle behind whatever it is that you’re going through.

But be willing to give it because it’s not going to last, you may need to put more energy out to get something better back.

6. You May Need to Learn Something New

Be willing to learn and be passionate about learning. Whatever it is, if you need to change a situation and you need to understand how things work, how to get a certain job, or how to get into a certain business, whatever area of growth you’re looking for, maybe you want to change your sleeping patterns, your sleeping habits, maybe you need to exercise more, you need to lose some weight, whatever it is, be willing to learn learn learn and grow.

7. You Can’t Eat a Whole Elephant in One Bite

Don’t try to eat the whole elephant in one big bite, you can’t.

Have you ever been to one of those burger joints, there’s one in Texas called Fuddruckers.

You go there and they serve you these great big, I don’t know what it is, if it’s a pound or two pounds but it’s a big burger, it’s big piece of meat about this big and is in a big bun; there’s no way that’s going in your mouth, but you can eat it one bite at a time.

I watched my brother do it, he was a bit food but he got it done. Just take it one step at a time.

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All right, I hope these tips helped you with getting a new perspective on those challenges and on the season that you are in in your life right now.

Now here’s your quote for today,

[shareable cite=”Sara Ban Breathnach” text=”The dry seasons in life do not last, the spring rains will come again.”]Expect to have hope rekindled. Expect your prayers to be answered in wondrous ways. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again.[/shareable]

Okay then, here is your affirmation for today.

Remember, post it by your bed or in the bathroom, somewhere that you’re going to see it at least twice a day and say it three times, each time.

[shareable cite=”Abe Stone”]I enjoy letting events unfold in good time and I take one step at a time as my path clears before me.[/shareable]