I am sorry I haven’t posted in awhile, but last week I got the shocking news that our hairstylist/friend of 20 years passed away at the young age of 44. My daughter and I had invited Paula and her husband to my daughter’s upcoming wedding in August and we are sad she won’t be there.
I took some days to get my mind, body, and soul back intact. I could of let this sorrow keep my fibromyalgia flare up, but I chose to fight back.
What you can do to fight back~
I am going to tell you what I did in hopes of giving you some inspiration. I understand everyone reacts differently and what works for one might not work for another. All I stress is that you keep trying until you find what works for you.
*SOUL
This is where you either run from God or run to him. I always choose to run towards him. We may never know why we are put in the middle of our storms, but God does. Everything happens for a reason. Although we might not like how it turns out at the very second we want something to happen, it’s all in God’s time; not ours. We just have to strengthen our soul to keep pushing towards God’s will. Some might ask, why does God allow bad to happen? I believe this quote…
When we hit rock bottom, that is when we truly find that God is our rock.
*BODY
It would be very easy for all of us going through a storm to curl up in the fetal position and just give up. This giving up, staying in bed etc. affects us negatively with our mind, body, and soul. Instead I get my body moving. I power clean, I go for a walk, I put earbuds in and listen to an uplifting radio station like Air1. When I move my body, it also clears the negative thoughts out of my mind and renews my soul.
*MIND
Of course going through our storms, our mind wants to be the commander-in-chief over all the rest and dictate the most negativity possible to control our body and soul. If we allow our mind to continue it’s negative control, we will never get out of our slump. Instead we work on our soul and body, then our mind has no other choice to change into a positive. I again use uplifting music to change those dark thoughts from staying and trying to keep me in a negative unproductive state. I had to take these days to get back to the same fighting warrior I know I am.
It will be okay ~
I know time heals all hurts. I also know my friend would want us to be happy and move on. Paula has the divine part being in heaven, it’s us on earth that endures the hardship of losing someone so unexpected. I feel for her kids and husband. But I pray that they run towards God and not away from him.
I pray you all find happiness and a fighting warrior spirit with whatever you are going through. We are only on this earth a short time, but our final heavenly home is forever and all the storms will be over.
RIP Paula…you are greatly missed and loved! ❤️
Fibromyalgia Warrior Woman 