the 5 Souls COncept
It Sounds Simple But It’s This Daily & Conscious
Commitment That Keeps The Balance Of
My Five Souls
D o you know these days or
weeks when you feel low and too
many things are not working out.
When you seem to be out of bal-
ance? When your week feels heavy
but also boring, when you feel
stuck, stressed and you have no
idea how to start improving any of
what’s currently going wrong? I’m
confident enough to claim that ev-
eryone went through such a phase.
And let’s be honest, that’s life. This
can be part of our life once in a
while. Only when we start accept-
ing to live with it, when we get
comfortable with it but still do not
feel good about it, then it’s going
to get worse and eventually drags
us further down in a black hole.
Instead of searching hysterically
for something to switch on the
light in that black hole, it would
be better to start seeing this whole
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black surrounding with different
eyes, with a changed perspective.
Who said you can’t see light only
because your eyes are not seeing
it? Don’t you have a bit of imagi-
nation? I’m not an expert when
it comes to depression but I am
under the impression that during
the past decade depression has be-
come more of an excuse of some-
one’s not so ideal situation and the
inability of taking actions to im-
prove it. That’s the most important
thing: Take action, do something!
Away with the poor me! I know,
taking first steps is always hard but
once started, once moved towards
a more positive direction we will
see, tackling one unideal situation
after the other, makes it easier to
deal with all other steps we would
need to take in order to improve
our situation.
When I was in such a situation
- let’s say because I’ve lost a job,
struggled financially, lost motiva-
tion, or I got sick and couldn’t get
rid of it for ages, or because I lost
a lot of energy in general, or when
one of my relationships ended -
what did I do?
I sat down and asked myself: So,
what are the most important areas
of my daily life that I would need
to work on? What is it that makes
me happy in each of these areas?
And I came up with five areas.
By breaking and noting down
what makes me happy in each of
these areas helped me to bring that
back into my consciousness and
to remind me of what is really im-
portant in my life. This way I can
keep them all balanced and that
makes me simply feel balanced.