This is why we need others…why we need to be the ‘others’ who call or stop by to check on them.
Every one of us has down times where we feel like giving up. ‘Forget it! Not Interested! Leave me alone! I quit!’
This is where us ‘others’ have to be alert and step in. Call your friend. Speak to the co- worker. Stop by the neighbors. Send flowers to somebody. Just say ‘hi, how’re you doing to a stranger’.
And when we’re at the place where – ‘I just don’t care anymore!’… we can ‘self-medicate’ by forcing ourselves to do something good and helpful for somebody else. Maybe don’t want to interact face to face but get outside. Sweep the walk, clean the garage, wash the window on the door, organize the junk drawer. Turn on some pretty music and light a candle. Make a cup of coffee. Read a good book and find something funny to laugh and laugh and laugh about.
These steps will pull us out of the land of the ‘I don’t cares’ faster than any therapy!
Let’s get moving, there’s work to be done, people to help and encourage and time is wastin’.
Mrs. Goodfinder 