However, sometimes too much time on our hands leads to over thinking, worrying or just spending too much time in our own heads. This can be an auspicious use of our freed up time, or it can serve to our detriment. If you have a little too much idle time on your hands you could find yourself depressed, lonely, or even making your own self anxious by over-thinking everything. This is never good for anyone.
To help take the focus off yourself and your troubles may I suggest that you do for others?Plain and simple. Do for others. If you take the focus off yourself and do a sweet act of kindness for another; you will lift your spirits and someone else's at the same time. What if you suddenly decided to make baskets of homemade goodies for the three people you know who are battling cancer? What if you knitted a blanket for the girl who works at the
corner store? How about a nice meal for the man down the road who recently lost his wife? You may ease your own anxiety or depression because you shift your focus.
I try to do this very thing. I really don't get depressed, (anxiety is more my thing!) but I do know that it lifts my heart and fills it with joy when I do something nice and unexpected for another person. I made a bunch of earrings once to donate to women having chemotherapy. I bake for people who are struggling. One day I shall volunteer at the Veteran's hospital and read to patients. I have been the recipient of amazing gifts when I have been at my lowest and they were a blessing!
If you practice taking the focus off of yourself, you will reap the fruits of your labors by being filled with joy and there is nothing more pure than that. Think of someone else today and not yourself. What can you do for them?
Take Good Care Today.
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