How to Cope with Life

To quote an old cliché, “The only certain thing about life is death.”  How very depressing is that?  I do have to wonder what types of people sit and think about such things.  It’s enough to make anyone despondent, incessantly wondering what it’s all about and asking why we are here. 

Let me tell you something – we’re here because God put us here – for a purpose.  All of us.  He has a plan and purpose for us all.  There was no explosion that sent us flying to this earth, to simply cope with whatever comes our way, aimlessly struggling along until the day we will finally bite the dust and float back into oblivion – or whatever.  We were put on this earth for a reason, but that doesn’t mean it’s going to be easy.   Having said that, we all have coping skills – God gave us those too!  It’s how we choose to use them that counts.  Life is all about choices – think about it.  We can choose to wallow in self-pity, we can choose to be co  Those are some of the negatives, but in my opinion, there are far more positives than negatives in life. 

mplainers, or we can choose to get angry.

A good coping mechanism is to write things down.  Divide a sheet of paper into two columns.  One column will be headed “Positives,” and the other “Negatives”.  Now list all the things you have to be grateful for and all the things which you consider to be problems.  As you go through the week, you can keep adding or taking away from your lists.  As each “problem” is solved, you should transfer it into the “Positive” column, by saying something like this:  “Today the person who owed me all that money paid it back in full.  Praise the Lord!”  What a positive that is!  Or:  “Today, after worrying about my health problems for so long, all the tests came back clear.”  Write down your blessings.  Thank God for the air that you breathe, for your job, for your family.  Or perhaps you lost your job?  Then thank Him for those who are helping you through your crisis.  Don’t focus on the problem because God is way, way bigger than anything the devil may deliver to your door step.  You’ll soon find that your “Positive” list will be much longer than your “Negative” one.

At some point almost everyone faces a major crisis in life, but coping with it isn’t difficult really.  It’s how you manage it that makes the difference.  Yes, it’s true, the only certain thing about life is death, but facing your challenges with hope is the surest way of dealing with them and when you’ve done that successfully, you will be on the list of people God put on this earth to help others.  

Author:

Léonie Edwards