I was talking to someone yesterday who said to me “I’m really in the trenches lately, and I was feeling so great.  I can’t figure out what’s going on!” He said that after some time of feeling light and peaceful, he seemed to have lost the experience and life was feeling like a struggle again..  He said ”Where is the me that was so happy a few days ago?”
 
If you sometimes find yourself in a similar spot, here are 4 tools that I have found effective in helping to change direction:

I recently accompanied my sister to a chemotherapy treatment.  We enjoyed a beautiful drive down the island - the sun was shining, the water was sparkling, and the road was edged with summer greenery.
 
When we arrived at the hospital it was very busy, and we were seated in a small nook for her treatment, because the main room was full.  She sat in her reclining lounge chair, and was hooked up to intravenous fluids that dripped into the vein in her arm.  There was a little table on wheels beside her chair, and I sat kitty-corner to her on a visitor’s chair.
 
We talked at times, sipping coffee and tea that volunteers brought around.  Sometimes we sat in silence, enjoying the day and each other’s company. Nurses came and went