Constructively Replenishing

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Constructively Replenishing

BY: T. Franklin Murphy | September 2018

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We prepare for unknown challenges by actively engaging in knowledge and skill building activities. We exchange wasteful avoidances and rejuvenate with healthy enjoyments.

Life grinds us down, dulling our sharpness. Routine and boredom invade our tidy spaces, frighten our sensibilities, and warn of impending doom. If unprepared, these shifts of psychic strength can spook us into addictions and unhealthy escapes. We must replenish our minds and refuel our spirits.
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To build resilience, we must actively use the present. A future of richness and opportunity is invited not stumbled upon. We don’t know which challenges the future holds; but we can reasonably ascertain that future holds challenges.

We must prepare for these unknown challenges through activity. We create a wider base of knowledge and expertise by being actively engaged in learning, not waiting to see what will happen first. We prepare by reading books on new subjects; taking college course to expand our knowledge; visiting new and fascinating places; getting involved in social activities to meet new people; practicing new hobbies; exercising a little more; or eating a little healthier. The list of constructive work available is endless. One choice may not provide the meaning you sought; that is okay, try something else.

"We must prepare for these unknown challenges through activity. We create a wider base of knowledge and expertise by being actively engaged in learning, not waiting to see what will happen first."

We achieve wellness and soundness of character on many plains. Our health, our knowledge, our competencies, our relationships, our spirituality, and our financial security. Each sector of human wellness becomes pillar that we can (and should) constructively work on, utilizing the precious time in between the many demands that pull energy from our being.

We should enjoy our practices of constructive rejuvenation, not forceful engagements but enjoyable growth-promoting endeavors that add richness. A constructive life wards off the intrusion of unplanned amusements that do little but distract. Through active engagement, we find new goals that give life meaning. Through active engagement, we learn as we are exposed to a much wider universe, and through our exposures, we grow. The routineness of life dissipates as we adventure into new corners of living we have missed.

Until we explore, we will not know. Unexpected, we may stumble on new purpose, discovering a new calling, awakened to passions previously unrecognized. The dullness once overwhelming gives way to something better—an aliveness full of vigor and strength.

These exciting blessings do not materialize from nothing. They don’t jump to life from mind numbing television watching, or robotic clicks of the mouse. We must constructively reach beyond routine to escape the habits of thoughtless distractions, and purposely invite newness and opportunity into your soon to be expanding lives.

Please support FLS with a share:

FLS Link. Burnout: We can deplete energy through emotions, mental and physical exertions. When we push too hard, for too long, we burn out. Recovery requires a lifestyle change.

FLS link. Posttraumatic Growth: Significant traumatizing events destroy our stable view of the world. From these ashes, growth is possible. We get back up, re-examine our world, adjust our expectations and move forward, a little wiser and stronger. We grow in response to the trauma.

We must manage worry to push action without burdening with overwhelm. Concern for the future is important but easily can become all consuming.

We have no appropriate measurements for human value. We express empathy by recognizing value judgments, reengaging in connections, and loving our fellow humans.

We protect our lives from the showering of unpleasant experience through our minds and action.

External Links:

External Link: Four Techniques For Managing Your Emotions And Staying In Control

External Link: New study highlights the destructive link between perfectionism and depressive symptoms

External Link: Don’t Work on Vacation. Seriously.

We cannot change without awareness of what needs to be changed. Little deceptions creep in and hide pertinent information.

FLS link. Namaste: The Hindu origins of the word namaste sparks concerns about state-religion separation. The underlying meaning, however, is unifying.

The ancient practice of yoga is much more than an exercise routine. Yoga brings together the mind, body and spirit in a whole body cleansing experience.

Wellness on the Web

External Link: Feeling stressed? ‘Safety signals’ might help your brain better cope in the moment

External Link: A Mindful Approach to Depressive Thought Patterns

External Link: If we want Real Growth, we better Embrace the Discomfort of the Unknown.

External Link: Make Peace with Your Unlived Life

We prepare for unknown challenges by actively engaging in knowledge and skill building activities. We exchange wasteful avoidances and rejuvenate with healthy enjoyments.

Topics: Recovery, Growth, Wellness

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