For several mornings this week I’ve woken up long before my alarm.
My body was still tired, but my mind had already begun racing.
In the dark everything seems to be louder and bigger.
Up close.
Tasks scream to be done right now.
Worries appear twice as big as they probably are. Fear creeps in and slowly makes its way through your whole body.
By the time, the alarm goes off I already feel exhausted and overwhelmed.
In moments like this, it helps me to take a step back and see things from afar. meet my emotions with reason. Examine where they come from and which role they should play in this moment.
Writing things down helps to untangle my thoughts and create coherence in the midst of chaos. Penciling dates in a calendar puts things into perspective. I realize what is mine to do and what isn’t. It allows me to get to work when needed, but it also gives me freedom to release the worries I need to let go of.
Writing for Five Minute Friday today.
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Thanks Katha. I do know that racing mind feeling, but thankfully not very often. I also start the day the day with pen and paper and get down on my knees. I write out the muddle and give it to God and I listen and straighten out myself with what I hear in my spirit. This sets me up for the day (or the morning at least! :D)
writing is like communicating with yourself. helps to keep things straight in one’s own mind eh? :) FMF22
It’s all about perspective isn’t it? Thanks for sharing this with us today . . . very encouraging!
Brandi
FMF#13
Thank you, Brandi!
Looking from afar can put a healthy distance between stress and pressure. May you know His peace that passes all understanding. God Bless!
Healthy distance is essential – and also challenging to figure out…Thanks, Leisa!
Look at things from far away,
look to see the longer view.
Monsters may come, but will not stay,
for they will see the strength in you.
Write things down to sort them out,
make a task-list, one by one,
and thus the goblins you will rout,
and to their Nowhere they will run.
Make your plans, then set them down
to rest until their hour comes,
and you will find doubt can’t surround
your heart, for it has no place from
which it can, teeth gnashing, leap,
and you can smile, and smiling, sleep.
Thanks, Andrew – as always!