If you're feeling blue, try painting yourself a different colour...

It is so often in life where we find ourselves down in the dumps wondering how it is that we got to this place.
We look at all the people around us and start to point fingers at who is responsible for us feeling this way. We hurt others and even lose focus on our life goals.

The truth is, when we are feeling down, it is us that we let feel this way. We give ourselves permission to be sad and then pity ourselves for it. A pity party is not what is going to pull us out of this black hole, no, what we need is to change our mindsets. We need to change how we view the world and how view ourselves within a frame that is more positive. We need to believe that within us all lies the potential and strength that only we can perform in order to 'stop feeling blue'.

It is easy to talk about what we need or should do to be happy again but the question remains as to how...
Well, taking some time to think about one's self from an outsider point of view will show life in a broader perspective. Secondly, highlighting one's negative thoughts and feelings of guilt and blame so that those are the ones targeted by transforming them into feelings of courage and empowerment. By thinking about who you are blaming, for instance, and pointing a finger at yourself will illustrate the control you thought you didn't have before and show you that you can control a better life for yourself. You have the power to change your colour. Only you can change your life.

We all feel down at some point or another. Sometimes more than others. The thing is life has seasons and nothing lasts forever. Feeling down or blue won't last forever. Why? Because within us all, we have the ability to CHANGE and CONTROL our lives. Within ourselves we have the courage and strength to understand and so why not paint ourselves a different colour? It is time for us to be active in our feelings instead of passively passing the blame to others. We may even feel that certain situations are out of our control and that is why we're down but no, your feelings to that situation are completely in YOUR control.

So what do you choose?

~ S

Shot in the Dark

I had a vision for the life that was ahead of me
I had a reason, had a ride and had a destiny
I thought I never knew where I was heading
I would never look back

I had it all and then I went and let it slip away
I’m working overtime I’m gonna make it anyway
Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes you never get her back

Oh, you know that I’m

Rising up slowly and getting higher
I’ve been living with a hole in my heart
Weighing down on me, but I’m a fighter
I know I still got a shot in the dark
Baby, we still got a shot in the dark

Sometimes in life you meet the people that you think you trust
Wake up one day and find that everything had turned to dust
I always knew that you’d be waiting for me when I got back

Waiting when I came

Rising up slowly and getting higher
I’ve been living with a hole in my heart
Weighing down on me, but I’m a fighter
I know I still got a shot in the dark
Baby, we still got a shot in the dark

I’m gonna find a way
I’m gonna find a way, yeah
I’m gonna find a way

I got a vision for the life that is right in front of me
I got a ride, I got a reason, got a destiny
I know exactly where I’m headed and I’m never looking back
Well, nothing’s holding me back
Well, nothing’s holding me back

Rising up slowly and getting higher
I’ve been living with a hole in my heart
Weighing down on me, man, but I’m a fighter
I know I still got a shot in the dark

Rising up slowly and I’m getting higher
I’ve been living with a hole in my heart
Weighing down on me, baby I’m a fighter
I know I still got a shot in the dark
Baby, we still got a shot in the dark

And I know that I still got a shot
(Augustana - Shot in the Dark)

 I was listening to this song today and I thought it would be perfect to share. It speaks about life and how often relationships leave us with a hole in our hearts but if we stay and fight it, we will still have a chance to overcome the darkness.

I love the line about how you meet people who you think you trust and then one day what you thought ceased to exist. It often happens where you get let down because people who you thought you could count on, left you to fend for yourself. But this song says that even though that may happen, you can rise up and overcome it.

This song then says " I'm gonna find a way". I think this is rather important. In life, we all have those moments where we feel that we just can't get back up but we got to get up by finding our way because that adversity and ability to try again is what courage is made of. That courage holds true strength and makes you unstoppable therefore finding a way out is going to make you into a person that can do ANYTHING!

Sometimes we don't have a clear idea of where we want to be but if we let go of everything that is holding us back, we will be able to rise up even with a hole in our heart. 

All the relationships whether romantic or platonic, the ones that don't last often take something from us and tend to leave a hole in our heart. You can actually feel this hole when your heart aches. Everyone takes something from us at some point and sometimes the damage is irreversible. We go and we live with this hole that sometimes holds us back from starting new relationships because we not sure how much more damage our hearts can take. "I've been living with a hole in my heart weighing down on me, man, but i'm a fighter. I know i still got a shot in the dark". We may have this hole but the secret is to remember our inner strength. Our inner strength is so powerful and it if we let it manifest we have the power to overcome in damage. We have the power to give life a shot. We have the power to give people a shot. We have the power to give ourselves another shot.