One moment life is good and moving right along. Then something happens. Your life has been knocked off course and you are thrown into the unexpected – the unknown. Your body, mind and/or spirit have been injured. With every injury, you experience some level of trauma. You may not even know it. You may be in shock. Or you may have already gone into triage mode, running full steam ahead trying to hold your life on the path that is collapsing around you.
No matter what the circumstances, you will experience some level of pain, upset, stress, shock or anguish when your life gets pulled apart. Any one of these will drain your physical, emotional, spiritual and mental energy. Several combined may send you under the covers or heading for the nearest and safest emotional hills.
As you begin to realize your life has become uncertain and you are facing unexpected and/or unprecedented challenges, the first and most important thing for you to do is take care of yourself. You have been injured in some way. You need to heal. Slow down. Take a breath. Listen to your body. Give yourself time and attention. Now is the time to take care of the needful and practice the basics.
- Eat well.
- Sleep as much as your body needs to.
- Drink lots of water and healthy liquids.
- Take deep breaths.
- Move your body. Take walks. Do yoga or other exercises you are used to.
- Spend time or connect with people who will nurture you and listen to you.
- Ask for help. Let people take care of you.
- Find ways to comfort yourself and use them.
- Do spiritual practices that connect you with your source of spiritual guidance.
As you heal, begin to test the waters. You will know when you are ready to begin the journey of sorting through your Don’t Knows.
First take care of your body, mind and spirit. The rest will come – in its own time and in the right and perfect way.
Going through the Don’t Knows takes mental, emotional, physical and spiritual energy. For now, let yourself be. Give yourself some time to heal.
A healing thought…
Be gentle with your Self,
Be gentle with your Soul,
Be gentle with your Body,
Be gentle with your Mind.
You are perfect as you are –
right here,
right now.
Remember –
from the space of not knowing, all things are possible.