Wellness is a Journey
Discover the Power of Life Long Habits
"All wellness is a journey because it’s not about accomplishing a one-time goal and seeing the immediate results, but instead it’s about creating lifelong habits that will continue to benefit you throughout your life, sometimes in very surprising ways. I wanted to share a portion of my journey to spiritual wellness because it has been the hardest but the most fruitful journey I’ve taken."
Starting the Spiritual Journey
As part of my Catholic faith, saying a daily rosary is one highly recommended activity. I challenged myself to start this a few years ago during Advent. A rosary is a devotion where you say specific prayers while meditating on specific Bible stories called Mysteries. The Mysteries are Sorrowful, Joyful, Glorious, and Luminous, and it’s customary to say them on specific days of the week. When I started, I didn’t know the prayers or the mysteries, so I said it with an app on my phone while I was doing morning cleaning chores. It helped me stay focused on the work, and I knew I was getting my rosary done, so it was a win-win.
"Spiritual wellness is less about setting a goal and more about creating a habit."
As with most habits, I wasn’t successful every day, especially at the start, but the days I was successful always seemed to be on the days where we said the Sorrowful mysteries. At the time I started doing this, I was in a job that made me miserable to the point that I had started to question if this was my form of suffering. Through meditating on the mysteries, I gleaned the importance of saying yes to God even when it’s scary and the importance of having courage despite what others think. This focus on the sorrowful helped me to find joy.
The Joyful Mysteries - Lessons in Life
Fast forward to now. That Advent habit continued as a daily devotion. I am in a career that brings me joy and am showing up better for my clients and my kids. At this point, the Joyful Mysteries seem to be jumping out at me. They are teaching me:
Humility: Say yes to God even if it doesn’t make logical sense
The importance of relationships and allowing others to help me. I prefer to be the helper. Sometimes I help others more by allowing them to help me.
The ability to not dwell on my circumstances but instead to find joy within them.
Spiritual wellness is different in that it’s less about setting a goal around the outcome, but more about creating a habit and being open to what comes. While we like to think we can control everything, the only thing we really control is our choices. Choose a habit, stick with it. You may be pleasantly surprised at the results.
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