When life takes me through ups and downs, especially a period of downs, I need to ease my emotional pain and find a way to focus on my goals. The best way to maintain motivation is to strengthen my mental skills. I prefer to be productive rather than pity myself. My solution is to keep myself busy in challenging times. I turn to spiritual principles of self enrichment. These things include:
importance of positive thoughts
importance of emotional confidence
importance of forgiveness
importance of gratitude
importance of making peace with yourself and quoting the mind
importance of enjoying the present moment and not regretting things
importance of honesty
importance of going with the flow rather than always organizing everything
The list of importances is long. I enjoy freedom of choices. I take one step at a time. I want to develop and maintain inner calm. It helps me to reestablish the balance between my thoughts and my emotions. Spirituality is very selfish. It craves my energy and time. It is a long and exciting process of exploring who I really am. I gladly choose to spend time on self exploration because it gradually closes a door to emotional suffering. My personal enrichment, that’s what I need in complicated life situations.