Posted by ProzacPuppet on July 18, 2003, at 10:44:43
In reply to NEED SOME SOUL/SPIRIT advice!, posted by bampf on July 18, 2003, at 7:27:43
Just take each day as it comes. The past is where it should be and your future is right now. You have to understand that you control your life, and where it will lead you. Nobody else but you. If you think that in the next couple of months that you will collapse from the pressure, then mostly likely, you will. It's a little thing called cause and effect. baby, cause and effect. So what if you did a lot of drinking, and drugs, who hasn't? Gees. I myself had spent my first year at university chugging beer day and night while lining up the coke for breakfast. I did it to myself and my grades went way down like my self esteem did. People said I would never make anything of myself, and if I had of believed them I'd probably be still stuck in that vicious circle I was in. If I actually cared what anyone else said about any of my imperfections I would have screwed up my life completely. But instead of taking in any insults from other people or from my own inner thoughts, I flip them around to use them to my advantage, that is, that I think about why I am feeling that way, or why someone has pointed out something they dislike about me and then I use it for my own advantage by making myself strive to be better at that quality. Because I know that I can change, that I am capable of being better at the things I do. Everything we believe causes an effect, so if you believe that the next few months are going to horribly hard and too difficult for you to handle, then most likely you will cause it to happen just to confirm your own beliefs. So be clear right now on what it is you are about to face and achieve, for that, you will maintain control.
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