Empower your Day in Just Seconds
Grantley Morris
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I can understand you groaning in contempt at Scriptures that tell us to rejoice. It feels as if you are being told to run a marathon when you are already exhausted and you just want to stay snuggled up in your cozy bed. Cheekily hiding in these annoying Scriptures, however, is an exciting and comforting truth. They are saying there is no need to endure the humiliation of allowing ourselves to be reduced to helpless victims of our feelings. We do not have to let moods become monsters that bully us into being their slaves. We can rise up, regain our dignity, and take control. What renders depression an insidious parasite, sucking the life out of us, is that depression makes it seem too much effort to do the simple things that would help us feel better – a little physical exercise, getting out of the house, social interaction, eating healthily, and so on. Christian thinker, C. S. Lewis, plunged into depression after the death of his wife. He described it as being like lying in bed, too cold to sleep, but feeling too tired to pull up a blanket. As much as we do not feel like it, we need to seize the initiative and break the impasse by making the effort to rejoice.
Taken from How to Rise From Hopeless to Hopeful Without Mindless Optimism
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