Hazel's Corner

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Get Out of Your Rut!

Are you stuck in a rut as 2019 begins?  Why?....  Your team didn’t win the Super Bowl?  You did not receive an end of the year bonus in 2018?  Can’t shake that holiday weight? Created too much debt in 2018?  Lonely, sad, or depressed?  Well, whatever your rut is, it is time to snap out of it!  Snapping out of it:

  • May require medical attention, so make your appointment today.

  • May require counseling or joining a support group.....do it!

  • May require you to take some classes, get a degree, or learn, learn, learn on your job...going above and beyond

  • May mean it is time to accept the fact that ‘it is what it is and you can’t do anything about it!’  Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things that I can; and the wisdom to know the difference.

  • May require change:  (1) in ideals, (2) negative friends, (3) diet, (4) activities, (5) faith or lack of it, (6) an action plan, (7) dreaming with a positive insight, (8) a lot of prayer which changes things!  Just Do It!

  • May require you to establish a moratorium on spending!

  • May require you to accept who you are and then strive to be better!

  • May require you to love yourself, so you can open your heart to others.

  • May require you to take responsibility for your failures, learn from them and rise above them!

  • May require you to believe in yourself, trust God and make it a great life, beginning where you are.

  • May require you to love and accept others as Christ loves and accepts us unconditionally. 

Getting out of a rut requires us to determine where we are in life, have a burning desire to change and begin by taking small steps, then graduate to medium steps and then take larger steps out of the rut into the new life, the new you.  Remember......All things are possible with God.