“A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.” ~ Proverbs 17:22
Hehe heyyy! Welcome back to another post:) Today’s topic resonates a lot with what I have been trying to focus on lately: Staying positive. The verse above relates to keeping a happy mind, leading to ultimately a happier life overall. Sometimes it can feel like the whole world is against you, and you’re just living through each day, going through the motions. All of us have been there before, but the Lord ensures that joy and cheer are vital to our lives.
Lately it has been difficult to find something to look forward to, as in daily. I try my absolute best to implement positivity and happiness into my everyday, not wasting a single second on being sad. However, it can be a lot harder to do than say. Often times, I can find myself losing strength and drive to complete my everyday priorities with a crushed spirit… I feel weak and a little down in the dumps. Though there is a lot of negativity in my life right now, there are so many positives right in front of me.
When we focus on simply what’s wrong, it weighs heavy. There is a lot of darkness in this world, darkness that will stop at nothing to tear you down. But, despite their attempts, focusing on the happy things in life will leave you with a lot more motivation and dedication to start your day off on a good note. The verse reads, “A cheerful heart is good medicine…”. This relates to how happiness is great for the soul, for the mind. Personally, when I have something to look forward to, and something that I KNOW is exciting, my day is that much more productive and fun.
The verse also reads, “…But a crushed spirit dries up the bones.” This relays to how whenever we get down, and the negatives keep piling and piling, it feels dreary and impossible to do anything. This ultimately brings us down emotionally, and physically. Appetite issues, self care lacking, insecurity buildups, all can occur during a hardship. Have you ever noticed some days just do not feel right? You wake up with a feeling of tiredness, with a feeling of self doubt. These mornings are the MOST important to keep going, because when you know you can drive through with the most positive attitude during the hardest of times, you are strong enough for anything.
This verse is a great reference for me; More now than ever, it feels like my life is getting more and more stressful by the minute. People will try and take down my positive spirit, my big drive for my future; anything that they do not see for me that THEY think is best, they will disagree with what I do in a negative, critical way. Lately I have been struggling with letting this go in one ear and out the other, but as this verse reads, keeping up with a cheerful, good heart will better benefit me rather than letting others soil my spirit. Thank you all so much for coming to read, and I hope I could give you something to take from this! I’ll check back in with you tomorrow:)
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