01-18-2018, 02:14 AM
(01-17-2018, 10:25 PM)Naomi Wrote: I was told that financial stability counts, so I guess getting up to work and pay my bills counts - but that is a sad (to me) reason to get out of bed. I definitely want passion in my life. I'm doing the therapy, doing the groups, reading what I can in my free time. I really want it, but it seems everything I try, isn't it. It'll work to fill the void for a while, but eventually stops working. I just have to hope I'll find it eventually because hope is basically what I'm left with.
I completely understand what you are saying. You are going about things the correct way. Don't overlook the simple pleasures that motivate you. They might not seem like much while you are trying to attain real passion, but they are what's getting you by in the meantime. Think of them often and imagine how it would be like without them. For instance, if you still enjoy eating...number eating as one of your simple pleasures. If you still enjoy sleeping, think about how it feels to be comfortably laying in bed and number that as one of your pleasures. If you have pets and enjoy their company, that would be another one. Anything that you enjoy...even the smell of the air outside, driving, exercising, television, music...anything. The trick is to dig up ones that you may be overlooking, embrace them and build upon them. The bigger ones will come. You are on the right track for now. Just hang in there. RM