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How do you handle difficult times in your life?
Building resilience tip 1: Practice acceptance
- Focus on things within your control.
- Accept change by looking to your past.
- Prioritize relationships.
- Don’t withdraw in tough times.
- Try to avoid negative people.
- Expand your social network.
- Get enough exercise.
- Practice a “mind and body” relaxation technique.
How should people react hard times?
17 Action Steps to Take During Hard Times
- Be positive. Surround yourself with positive and supportive people.
- Remain calm and levelheaded. Count to ten.
- Accept support. There are wonderful people who care about you.
- Learn from the past.
- Seek professional counsel.
- Face reality.
- Own the problem.
- Make tough choices.
Why do we go through hard times?
As we grow, we develop a set of beliefs about the world around us – it’s the foundation we build our lives upon. When we experience difficult times, it’s like an earthquake – unexpected – and it can break up that foundation and leave us feeling unsure of ourselves with parts of our lives reduced to rubble.
How do you stay faithful to God in hard times?
Here are five ways I try to keep faith when it seems impossible:
- Pray. Ask God, the universe, or whatever higher force you believe in for the strength to love to your full potential.
- Be generous to others.
- Get inspired.
- Surround yourself with people you admire.
- Get the ball rolling first thing in the morning.
How do you pray in difficult times?
Prayers for comfort Words can’t express the ache in my heart. I feel pain every day. I pray to you as I am desperate for help. I need to know that you care, that you love me, be my refuge from pain, replacing my distress with peace, and be my strength when I feel weak and find it hard to carry on.
What does God say about difficult times?
Do not fear or be dismayed. Deuteronomy 33:27 The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. Psalm 34:17 When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears, and rescues them from all their troubles. Isaiah 30:15 In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength.
How does God help us in difficult times?
Having faith in difficult times can allow you to find peace in God’s presence. When you are unfaithful, it can harden your heart with pride and cause you to grow distant in your relationship with Him. Learning to give up all your struggles and problems to God can lift a heavy burden off yourself.
How do I pray to a friend going through a hard time?
Father, please watch over my friend, keep her safe, comfort her through this hard time. May your love settle upon her, may she dwell in your acceptance and truth. Might she rest in your peace and find restoration in your care. Lead me as I seek to care for her.
What to do when you have difficult times?
10 Simple Things You Can Do To Get Through Hard Times 1 Stay Positive. 2 Get Creative. 3 Learn From the Difficult Times. 4 Change It Up. 5 Know What You’re Grateful For. 6 (more items)
How do you survive tough times in life?
Be Kind to Yourself You need to care for yourself to survive tough times. Take a walk through the park, lift some weights, read an amazing book. It doesn’t matter what you do, just do something that gets your mind and body engaged at a higher level than wallowing in self pity.
How to overcome the obstacles in Your Life?
Here are a few ways to overcome those hard times in your life, especially when you feel there is no way around the obstacles in front of you. 1. It Won’t Always Be This Way
Is life too much to handle?
Bad things happen. Unbelievable things happen. People hurt other people, jobs are lost and relationships are broken. People die, financial troubles come and important things are forgotten. Sometimes life just seems like too much to handle. When I first became a single mother a few years back, I thought my world was ending.