By Guy Finley
As we all know, there are trying times when states of discouragement literally dog us – following us around as if they’re waiting for us to fall down, never to rise again.
On these days, our own lackluster emotions are hounded by thoughts barking at us that nothing is right with our lives. On these same days, even our smallest wish to part ways with these painful states gets pushed under by waves of doubt so that our resolve to not sink into a malaise feels like a futile struggle against the inevitable!
When falling into deeper and deeper states of feeling discouraged, we can almost hear these unspoken words within, “What’s the point? Why bother?” Then, as though we have heard from the Fates themselves, we accept the dreariness of some “can’t do” negative state as our guide. Is this how it must be? Must we identify ourselves with what discourages us? The answer to these questions is decidedly no!
