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Enjoy Life Again

DearJames,

I have the same question as “Want To Be Me Again.” How to stop the stress & learn to enjoy life again.

Anonymous

Dear Enjoy Life Again,

Stress is internally manufactured and is a necessary evil, as sometimes it serves a beneficial purpose.  However, other times it can be debilitating.  Chronic stress is never a good or great thing.  It is a constant reminder that your life, thoughts and actions or inactions are out of balance.

How do you get it in balance?  Well, there in lies the trick.  You have to be willing to deal with the underlying or roots cause(s) of your stress and then RELEASE them.  99.9% of the time, the reason for stress is fear and worry.

Fear you won’t have enough, aren’t doing the right thing, aren’t good enough, worried what others will think, or what might happen or not happen, the list is endless.  And that is exactly where the list should go, to Endlessville, never to be seen again.

Fear and worry are only ever beneficial when they spur you into action.  They are meant to be motivators, not hostage takers. When you find your life being controlled by them, it’s time to stop and take a deeper look at why.

In order to be yourself again, you have to earnestly address the stress, fear, worry and anxieties you are creating in or are allowing into your life.  You hold the keys to a better today, tomorrow and yesterday.

It’s never too late to alter the past, by changing the present, which immediately alters your future.  You don’t really want to be you again, you want to be a better, more improved you than ever before.

Commit to addressing and transcending all of the underlying causes of your fear, stress and worry and you will indeed enjoy yourself again.  So much so, that you won’t even recognize yourself.

Begin by giving yourself Permission.  Follow that with daily helpings of Gratitude.  Enrich your Permission and Gratitude by finding Forgiveness in yourself and others.  Then spread your wings and fly by stating the purity of your Intentions for a better tomorrow.

And finally, Surrender, for when you truly Surrender, you can move mountains.  You move from fear, doubt and worry to Empowerment.  And that is a timeless recipe for love, joy, peace, happiness and abundance in life.

DearJames®