Getting out of a rut

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Sometimes when I speak with others about past events, I find that I have minimized the impact or the seriousness of the events I’ve passed through. Almost like I feel they aren’t even that important or that they haven’t shaped the entire course of my life. I wonder why that is.

It reminds me of something Dr. David Burns once discussed on his Ted talk. Where he was counselling a woman, and she was so depressed because she felt as though she had accomplished nothing in her short time on the planet. Yet, in truth, she had raised a family, successfully completed a couple of doctorates and yet here she was at the point of being suicidal. Now, I’m not suicidal, nor do I struggle with depression, but I think it may be a good reminder to myself that when I get stuck in a bit of a rut, my success rate for getting out of that rut is 100%.
 

I think we all need that reminder from time to time. 

 

 

[careful]

i feel like that lady.

[Lance]

Hence the cognitive distortions ...and the huge resistance to change that we can get ourselves into. 
1) identifiy the distortions 

2) be willing to change

[ReadYourBible]

On 3/20/2020 at 8:03 PM, careful said:

i feel like that lady.

You've accomplished three things of exceptional value. You've accepted Jehovah as your God, you're focused on serving him faithfully, and you're still trying despite how overwhelmed/sad you feel. Those things are of immeasurable value to Jehovah. He can work with a heart crushed in spirit way more easily than one which has turned haughty. I know without a doubt he will help you, because he has always helped me. ❤️ My prayers for your continued endurance my sister Carol. One more day closer to paradise.