We all have moments in life where we feel like we just want to give up. Sometimes we feel hopeless and have no desire to do or accomplish anything. These moments are when we really need someone to motivate us into action. So what do I do to get out of this draining and negative energy? As I am always in the state of learning and growing, recognizing my feelings when I’m in any kind of ‘static’, is the first step to removing that ‘static’. I then remind myself, that I still have breath left in me and that I am alive. I then take a few deep breaths and quietly meditate for health, peace of mind and strength – then I begin my day.
Here are some great ways to help remove negative energy and to pick yourself up from feeling blue:
- learn something new (cooking class, tai chi, special interest, etc.)
- exercise and get your blood flowing (yoga, weight training, cardio)
- go for a long walk in nature and appreciate the life that is around you
- write in a journal or start a journal – releasing some pent-up feelings make help alleviate your ‘low energy feelings’
- turn off the television – I find that television (especially news) tends to promote anxiety, fear and perpetuates negative feelings
- stay away from things that heighten your ‘low energy feelings’ like drugs and alcohol
- put on some of your favourite high energy songs – songs that make you happy
- meditate – if you don’t know how, pick up some meditation instructional books or cds, check out Hay House www.hayhouse.com – founder, Louise Hay, has some great tools and books that will help you alleviate your ‘low level feelings’
For me, I find that music is the best source for me to remove negative and any ‘low level feelings’ that I may have, especially music that has positive and uplifting messages. I used to blog a ‘song of the week’ every Thursday – sharing songs that I found had profound and positive messages, I stopped as I figured I would just complete these types of blogs when I really felt I needed to. Today, is one of those days. Here are lyrics to a song that has kept me in great spirits and motivated me to HANG ON!
Singer/songwriter, Tiffany Lee Arbuckle notes that “Hang On” was written about finding hope when you feel hopeless. The song is performed by Plumb, here are the lyrics followed by the lyric video:
I’m so stubborn, it’s how I got here
So alone, feels like forever
Wanna swim away and breathe the open air
But I feel so afraid, then I hear you say
Hang on when the water is rising
Hang on when the waves are crashing
Hang on, just don’t ever let go
I’m so hungry, how can I stay here?
Starving for what I hold so dear
Like a hurricane it takes everything from me
Wake me from this dream
Hang on when the water is rising
Hang on when the waves are crashing
Hang on, just don’t ever let go
Hang on when you are barely breathing
Hang on when your heart’s still beating
Hang on, just don’t ever let go
Three days, thirty years
So hopeless, doesn’t matter
Don’t say it’s too late if you blink your eyes
The sun is rising, the sun is rising, oh
Hang on when the water is rising
Hang on when the waves are crashing
Hang on, just don’t ever let go
Hang on when you’re barely breathing
Hang on when your heart’s still beating
Hang on, just don’t ever let go
COALITION OF POSITIVE ENERGY 