The life of a caregiver is filled with emotional ups and downs, as well as complete changes of course! It’s a challenging, yet beautiful path to be on. When life as you know it changes because of an accident, a diagnosis, or the onset of an illness know that it’s ok to allow your hopes and dreams to change, too!<\/p>\n
To create and maintain hope this week, let’s first focus on making sure we haven’t abandoned our dreams. <\/p>\n
Right this minute, please think of something you’ve always wished for…<\/p>\n
With that in your mind, allow yourself to think about how your caregiving situation has impacted that dream.<\/p>\n
And now, let’s think about how to tweak that dream a bit so that you can hold on to hope and generate positive energy (whch will attract more positive energy). <\/p>\n
When you’re doing this mental exercise, it’s important to<\/em><\/strong> think about things in terms of what you want, as opposed to what you do not want to happen.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n For example, if the “old dream” regarding your loved one was “I want a cure.” The new dream could be, “I want a pain-free day.”<\/p>\n It’s helpful for many to keep a Hope Journal. You can write down those hopes, revisit, and modify as necessary. <\/p>\n It’s not “giving up”, its realistically and effectively managing your emotions to keep yourself strong. There’s big hope in that!…Don’t you think? <\/p>\n j.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The life of a caregiver is filled with emotional ups and downs, as well as complete changes of course! It’s a challenging, yet beautiful path to be on. When life as you know it changes because of an accident, a diagnosis, or the onset of an illness know that it’s ok to allow your hopes…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hope"],"yoast_head":"\n