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Old 01-29-2014, 04:14 AM   #1
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Default Do I need to do something just for myself today?

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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

You are reading from the book Today's Gift

Think in terms of depletion, not depression . . .. You can understand how a body can replenish itself, whereas it may be difficult to understand the way out of depression.
—Claire Weekes

Despair and depression may come over us suddenly, for no reason we can figure out. But if we stop and reflect, we may realize we are reacting to too much of something--too much work, too much excitement, too much fun. We may be having a letdown after holidays, after completing a project, or at the end of a school year. When we feel a letdown coming on, we must give ourselves time. We need to take some time off and do nothing, plan nothing. Then we can ask God to help us let go of the negative feelings that come along with a letdown. We can plan a small gift for ourselves--a walk by the lake, for instance. In our excitement with a rush of events, we often forget that we, like the infants we once were, need to take a rest and reenergize.

Do I need to do something just for myself today?
This was always important to me. Every pay day I would buy myself a me things. Sometimes it was just eating out, but other times it was an article of clothing, something for my apartment, or just a walk in the park as they say, fun, food, and fellowship.
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