The Positive Shift Track Side food & spirits 9714 SAGINAW ST. ~ REESE MI 48757 ~ 989.868.3599
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$2.00 domestic bottles 5 PM-CLOSE
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You’re Not Alone… We All Have Similar Struggles! Knowing that you are not alone in life’s struggles somehow makes the pain feel a little less heavy. By sharing honestly and authentically with others you’ll find out quickly that others share similar circumstances that come about in life. All we really want is for someone to relate with us. Our struggles are a constant reminder of our resilience, of our strength and determination. We can’t just make our struggles disappear, but we can deal with them. There is a valuable lesson to learn and it’s about ‘Vulnerability’ — I know this doesn’t sound like a strategy but it’s a huge one for everyone. Opening up to others and sharing what you are going through is a fantastic way to release some tension and you will feel better to vent it out with a trusting friend, family member or co-worker, who doesn’t judge you but accepts ‘you’ as you are. Once you have it off your chest, a sense of relief will come over you and it may trigger an experience they have gone though too and they may offer useful tips. An important fact…. Once you have talked about it, released your struggle, and vented it out, MOVE ON! Don’t let it linger or be a focus of attention for you. The more you dwell, fixate on it and concentrate on your struggle, the longer you are holding onto it keeping it in the present moment. You need to let it be, learn from it and move forward, keep it in the past… again, MOVE ON! If someone shares their situation with you that you can relate to, share it but don’t let it back into your life and control your thoughts. Personally, I think the world could use more people who are authentic, vulnerable, and honest with life’s situations and hardships. People aren’t perfect and if they are, they haven’t lived life. Let’s try to be more authentic and less polished. You are not alone in your struggles, no matter how small and unrelatable you think they may be, no matter how sad or guilty or lost your struggles make you feel, there’s someone else out there feeling that same thing. You can’t lead a positive life with a negative mind. Until then, it’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see. ~ Stacie René www.stacierene.com email: stacie@stacierene.com | Office: 248-660-0464 WWW.THUNDERROADSMICHIGAN.COM
