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Overcoming the Darkness in Your Life and Replacing it With Joy
Sometimes, something terrible creates the most profound darkness you’ve ever experienced. It takes a toll on you, and you feel like you’ll never overcome it. But there’s also the belief that the only way to experience true joy is first to experience darkness.
These emotions and experiences from opposite ends of the spectrum work hand in hand to give you a genuine appreciation of the positive side of life. But how does one overcome the darkness and replace it with joy when it seems unrelenting?
The key is to identify other things that bring you joy and peace and infiltrate your dark space with these things.
Strategies like these can help you conquer overcoming the darkness in your life:
- Consume yourself with a new activity. There are likely many activities you’ve never tried but could bring you immense pleasure!
Sometimes doing something new is what you need to take your mind off the negative state you’re living in and find joy in something unexpected.
- Try your hand at a new hobby that’s time-consuming and enjoyable.
- Live on the edge – or as close to it as possible – by doing something exhilarating. Learn how to snowboard, start skydiving or bungee jumping, great examples. So is going on a safari in the jungles of South Africa! However, having said that, make sure you stay safe!
- Enjoy the company of others. Spending time with family and friends is another great way to rehabilitate your state of mind and truly experience joy. Remember, they love you unconditionally and can offer as much support as you need. Hang out with them more than usual; you’ll start to experience healing from all that positive energy around you.
- Take a family vacation to somewhere you’ve never been before.
- Plan a weekend where you and your friends can make wonderful new memories.
Think with your mind, not your emotions. Make a conscious effort to separate thinking and reasoning from feeling. Otherwise, you’ll likely start believing nothing can ever work out.
Apply reasoning to the circumstances which led to your darkness, and use the same logic to get you to a brighter place.
Hold firm to your faith. Your faith likely is what has brought you through with light in the darkness thus far.
You’ll feel lifted from the darkness if you allow yourself to practice things that bring you joy. It’s not always going to be an easy road, but you’ll be able to travel it if you commit to allowing outside influences to help turn things around for you. Use these ideas to help you start thinking about the various things you might enjoy. After all, there’s a world of joy waiting for you to experience!
It’s up to you to choose that joy for your life!
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