Motivation Monday : Create Your Own Light

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HAPPY MONDAY! Yess, I know I missed last week’s Motivation Monday post, but that’s alright. I’m back with the gems.

Every motivation post I share comes from personal experiences and struggles I’m overcoming. As I’ve mentioned before, I struggle with depression. Therapy and great friends have helped me to manage my depressive episodes. 

One thing that triggers my depression is darkness, specifically darkness during the day. During a depressive episode, I tend to hide in dark places. I close my blinds, lock my doors and avoid people at all costs. Darkness has become a trigger for me. So this week’s motivation is:

Create your own light in the midst of darkness.

Currently, South Florida is awaiting Hurricane Isaias which has brought extreme darkness. Automatically, I noticed the effect this had on my mood. I wasn’t as motivated as I usually am and I started to feel the signs of a depressive episode creeping up again.

Knowing what a depressive episode could lead to, I decided to pull out one of the lessons I learned from Gabby Bernstein’s book, Super Attractor. This quote from the book is one I will carry with me forever: “In the midst of the darkness, grab a flashlight.” I also try to remember this lesson when I enter environments or meet people that might be toxic and negative. 

Instead of feeding into the darkness and allowing things I can’t control, like the weather or people’s attitude, affect me I decided to be the light.  

The message here is in life, there will be dark moments that we have no control of but we can choose our reaction. 

I hope you find some light this week. 

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