{"id":804,"date":"2013-03-31T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2013-03-31T13:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/?p=804"},"modified":"2013-03-30T19:28:57","modified_gmt":"2013-03-30T23:28:57","slug":"reassurance-accepting-the-ups-and-downs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/safaraf.com\/?p=804","title":{"rendered":"Reassurance: Accepting the Ups and Downs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Anyone who\u00a0takes a step in the direction towards healing\u00a0discovers the road is bumper than they expected.\u00a0\u00a0We find the path takes dips and turns\u00a0we never feel we have prepared for.These dips and turns can be unsettling and disturb our sense of well being.<\/p>\n

Perhaps we are suffering with reoccurring symptoms for a condition we have or we have discovered new ailments\u00a0that we have to deal with.\u00a0 Either way we feel as if we are\u00a0unable to manage\u00a0our health as easily as we had been just a moment before.\u00a0 In those moments we feel like we have “taken a fall,”\u00a0and feel despair as we confront our\u00a0bumps and bruises.<\/p>\n

When we are met with\u00a0these painful moments\u00a0face down on the ground where we have fallen\u00a0we are at first dismayed.\u00a0 We may even ask ourselves, “I was doing so well, what did I do wrong?”<\/p>\n

This is natural to do to ourselves. \u00a0We want to believe it is as simple as following a diet plan, meditating and practicing self awareness.\u00a0 When we have dedicated ourselves over and over again to these healthy ways we are fatigued with our anger over not getting it right.\u00a0\u00a0We want to be\u00a0in complete control of our health.<\/p>\n

But the truth is\u00a0we are\u00a0not.<\/p>\n

To dedicate yourself to living a healthy lifestyle requires being kind and gentle to yourself in these moments.\u00a0 A fundamental principle of healing is that it is just as important to consider the messages we tell ourselves as they\u00a0are imprinted in our physical self.<\/p>\n

So how\u00a0can we\u00a0reassure ourselves?<\/p>\n

Being open and honest if we should feel angry or saddened by our fall is an important first step.\u00a0 Taking time to express our feelings and reflect gives way to picking ourselves up again.\u00a0 We can process through writing, drawing, painting, or just taking a nice walk and allowing our thoughts to be.\u00a0 Sharing with loved ones that can listen without telling you what to do is another way.<\/p>\n

All of what takes place, bumps and all, is a part of the healing journey.<\/p>\n

Stop and remind ourselves\u00a0of what\u00a0a journey of healing is- A PROCESS.\u00a0 It is one that lies on a continuum of our life’s path, with no beginning and end point.\u00a0\u00a0 All we can do is to try our best to be as aware of ourselves as we can in a moment of time and hold onto our faith with every step and trip of the way of our healing journey.<\/p>\n

So when you find yourself feeling as if you have derailed off your healing path because you\u00a0are dealing with your health in unexpected ways, turn to yourself and give yourself some reassurance knowing you have done the very best you can.<\/p>\n

In health,<\/p>\n

Safara<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Anyone who\u00a0takes a step in the direction towards healing\u00a0discovers the road is bumper than they expected.\u00a0\u00a0We find the path takes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=804"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":810,"href":"https:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804\/revisions\/810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}