Love your life

 

Hello beautiful family,

Greetings from us today, we hope y’all are doing well.  And yes! We are back again with this topic called “love your life”. This is a topic that should be discussed not once but many times because it’s really needed to always remind ourselves why we need to love the life we have by understanding  “what we are living for”. Because from there we can start being more passionate about our lives and love it in the right way. We know that with this broken world we live in, there are a lot of unexpected tragedies happening which leads us to lose focus so easily on the primary things that would have helped us to keep that fire 🔥 to keep on with a healthy(body,mind and heart) lifestyle..

This sums up our conversation today. How to keep going when life gets unpredictable and you choose to love it anyways despite the challenges faced  because that’s your story in the making; your legacy. what you have now is hope, your vision(plans connect to your purpose),your courage and your faith. 

• Why do you give up on your life!? 

What makes us give up most of the time depends on the different  tragedies happening in our lives such as losing a loved one,bully,rape,mental abuse,the uncertainty of what tomorrow holds or other unpleasant experiences etc...

But should we let those things have the final say? There’s this quote I love that says: “Feelings are good indicators but not good leaders” it’s good for us to not be led by our feelings because this keeps us going in those circles that stop us to move on. 

That’s why it's highly recommended to pay attention to what you’re feeling and giving names to those emotions. For example:

-I'm dealing with trust issues because of that person who took advantage of me when I was young.

-Is it the fear of death that makes me anxious about what tomorrow holds?

-Is it because I lost my parents or siblings that I can't see what God has in store for me? etc... the list can go on.

Giving ourselves permission to not feel okay is actually one of the great gifts we can dedicate to our soul and heart for our good. This helps us break the cycle of anxious thoughts and shifts our brain through new ways to handle those emotions. Cry or scream if you need to,but don’t hold it too long inside of you. 

There are tips I’ve learned from reading a devotion on an application called Youversion ( by the way you can check up this app. It's really amazing, it helps you grow in every area of your life).

 The tips are:

• To visualize what is causing me to feel anxious or afraid and to put those concerns into a box.

•  Then hand over the box to God and ask him to replace your worries into reminders of his promises.

•  Spend at least 5minutes pouring over God’s promises into your mind.

This has helped me so much that even now I'm feeling emotional writing this😭. Remembering the several times I did it and how I could feel free of the tiredness of currying them (anxiety, depression, bitterness and unforgiveness). 

• Vision gives pain purpose. 

 

Building a vision is like giving a map to your life. It helps you visualize where you’re heading and choosing which path you need to take. This gives us excitement about life and pushes you to do your best. Everything happens to shape your character,your strength and prepares you for the next chapter.

There’s no coincidence, it's on purpose!Your life was designed to impact, inspire and leave a legacy to the next generation. Your gift is a precious jewel in this world!

 

Loving your life means choosing to embrace the challenges or problems with hope that they are not going to stay for a long time and mostly learning from them because blessings and opportunities will always come your way as long as you are still alive. DON'T GIVE UP, YOU ARE STILL BREATHING;YOUR LAST BREATH IS YOUR GIVE UP POINT.

• Vision kills comparison. 

  

        ”Don’t let your food get cold looking at someone else’s plate _ Andy Mineo”

A lot of us fall into the trap of comparison, but for me what’s always helping me to keep track is to remind myself of the visions planted in me (career, projects, to write a book...etc) there I can see how I’m moving towards them. 

I love to say this to myself “ I may not be where I want to be yet but I’m getting closer everyday because I'm not where I used to be😉, there will be a time where all my visions are achieved now I just have to trust God’s pace”.

Comparison can work in two ways; either it makes me feel inferior or superior but none of the two are going to be beneficial to me. My vision of life might be different from others , no 

need to compare myself because it may affect my sight or focus and leads me onto someone else’s life. 

I want to end this beautiful conversation by saying that life is also enjoyable not only to endure… Take breaks, spend some good times ,chill with your loved ones, laugh a lot , love people and be a teachable person(people learning  from everyone and everything that is around them). Let go of pride and let God teach you through all that might have happened in your past and move on. 

Here goes a question that I want you to answer by yourself after reading.

Do you Love your life ? If it’s a “Yes“ that’s really great, if it’s a “No” or you have to think about it, please start a healing process and build your own vision to see what’s your point of living what you can offer and see how many people are connected to your life but there’s nothing wrong with you hun,it just takes a process for everything to flourish!I myself was on the same path but currently learning and unlearning things. Long is the road but beautiful is the journey.

Little reminder: “You grow through what you go through”...

With great, great Love -

Igicaniro team.