{"id":5970,"date":"2015-03-11T17:19:45","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T17:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themindunleashed.com\/?p=5970"},"modified":"2015-03-11T17:19:45","modified_gmt":"2015-03-11T17:19:45","slug":"into-the-light-5-steps-to-find-your-way-through-the-darkness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themindunleashed.com\/2015\/03\/into-the-light-5-steps-to-find-your-way-through-the-darkness.html","title":{"rendered":"Into the Light: 5 Steps to Find Your Way Through the Darkness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #666666;\">By <a title=\"Into the Light: 5 Steps to Find Your Way Through the Darkness\" href=\"http:\/\/raiseyourvibrationtoday.com\/articles\/2015\/02\/21\/into-the-light-find-your-way-out-of-darkness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andrea Schulman<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\"><i>Most of us will experience a low point in life, where we\u2019ve become lost and have wandered off of our path.\u00a0 It can be scary and depressing, and this feeling can cause many people to lose hope and become disconnected from the love of the universe.<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\"><i>There are many reasons one may find themselves in the darkness, and some of them are certainly very serious.\u00a0 Many people suffer from abuse, addiction, or dysfunctional relationships.\u00a0 Others have lost a job, experienced bankruptcy, had a serious illness or endured the death of a loved one.\u00a0 These are just a few examples, there are many more out there.<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\"><i>When you are\u00a0feeling lost, here are 5 steps you can take\u00a0to\u00a0find your way through the darkness and back into the light.\u00a0 Depending on the circumstance, these strategies can be interpreted in different ways-so if you are looking at this list for yourself, observe it\u00a0through the lens of your particular situation.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #666666;\"><b>1. Stop staring at what\u00a0is:<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\">When we are lost, we often spend a great deal of time focusing on what\u2019s wrong.\u00a0 We think about the problems in our relationships, our illnesses, the jobs we don\u2019t like and the traits about ourselves that displease us.<\/p><div class=\"themi-content_11\" id=\"themi-4111675163\"><div id=\"ld-8755-6417\"><\/div><script>(function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:9217690065945446,size:[0, 0],id:\"ld-8755-6417\"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.decide.dev\/_js\/ajs.js\";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,\"script\",\"ld-ajs\");<\/script><\/div>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\">One way to find our way back into the light is to stop staring into the darkness.\u00a0 There are things that all of us don\u2019t like about life, but to be happy and connected we must choose not to fixate on them for too long.<\/p><div class=\"themi-content_15\" id=\"themi-2060329452\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/themindunleashed\/subscribe\" aria-label=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/themindunleashed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Brown-and-White-Modern-Digital-Marketing-Course-Promo-Instagram-Post-1920-x-1080-px.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/themindunleashed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Brown-and-White-Modern-Digital-Marketing-Course-Promo-Instagram-Post-1920-x-1080-px.png 1920w, https:\/\/themindunleashed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Brown-and-White-Modern-Digital-Marketing-Course-Promo-Instagram-Post-1920-x-1080-px-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/themindunleashed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Brown-and-White-Modern-Digital-Marketing-Course-Promo-Instagram-Post-1920-x-1080-px-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/themindunleashed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Brown-and-White-Modern-Digital-Marketing-Course-Promo-Instagram-Post-1920-x-1080-px-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/themindunleashed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Brown-and-White-Modern-Digital-Marketing-Course-Promo-Instagram-Post-1920-x-1080-px-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/themindunleashed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Brown-and-White-Modern-Digital-Marketing-Course-Promo-Instagram-Post-1920-x-1080-px-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/themindunleashed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Brown-and-White-Modern-Digital-Marketing-Course-Promo-Instagram-Post-1920-x-1080-px-696x392.png 696w, https:\/\/themindunleashed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Brown-and-White-Modern-Digital-Marketing-Course-Promo-Instagram-Post-1920-x-1080-px-1068x601.png 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\">There\u2019s nothing wrong with feeling bad about a bad situation, so don\u2019t beat yourself up for reacting the way you\u2019ve reacted.\u00a0 Allow yourself to feel how you feel, but once you\u2019ve gotten dragged down far enough it\u2019s time to make the choice to distract yourself from what\u2019s wrong.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\">The more you think about the problem, the worse you will feel and the worse your situation will get.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #666666;\"><b>2.\u00a0Look for the good\u00a0to get back into the light:<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\"><b><\/b>In addition to looking away from the darkness, start to look for the light! Stretch yourself to find the things in your life that are pleasing.\u00a0 They could be big things (like family) or small things (like your comfortable bed).<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\">The more we get into the habit of appreciating the things that are good in our lives, the more good things will come to us, and we\u2019ll start to see the sun peek out from the clouds.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #666666;\"><b>3. Take responsibility for where you are:<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\">This is a big one, and it can be a challenging step for some people.\u00a0 Taking responsibility for our lives is key if we want to have better ones.\u00a0 How can we trust that we have the power to create great lives for ourselves if we believe that everything that happens to us is someone else\u2019s fault?<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\">At the end of the day, our lives are a culmination of the decisions that we ourselves have made.\u00a0 We\u2019ve made some mistakes, and sometimes we\u2019ve allowed outside circumstances affect to our lives in negative ways.\u00a0 We\u2019ve also made good decisions and made the best of some situations, and it\u2019s important to give ourselves credit for these things to.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\">Instead of pointing the finger at the things that are outside of our control, turning the finger on ourselves to handle the situation in the best way we can will empower us.\u00a0 By blaming other people and situations for our sadness, we only keep ourselves stuck in the darkness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\">To be clear, when bad things happen-it\u2019s ok to feel sad for a while.\u00a0 There\u2019s nothing wrong with getting upset about upsetting circumstances.\u00a0 Taking responsibility doesn\u2019t mean that you aren\u2019t allowed to get upset, it simply means that you know that your emotions and your reactions are your choice.\u00a0 It means that you know it\u2019s up to\u00a0<b><i>you<\/i><\/b>\u00a0to turn your emotions around when you are ready to move on.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #666666;\"><b>4. Forgive to find your way\u00a0through the darkness:<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\">This item goes hand-in-hand with the last.\u00a0 Forgiveness is key.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\">It\u2019s impossible to move into the all-accepting and all-loving light when we continue to be angry about the things that happened in our past.\u00a0 Some of us are angry at other people or situations, and some of us are angry at ourselves.\u00a0 Regardless of where the anger is directed, it\u2019s best to forgive if we want to move back into the light.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\">Forgiveness, when all is said and done, isn\u2019t really about making what happened \u201cok,\u201d it\u2019s about making the choice that you\u2019re no longer going to let it control your life.\u00a0 As the famous quote from Buddha states\u00a0 \u201cholding on to anger is like drinking poison and hoping the other person will die.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\">Let go of your anger and forgive, not for anyone else and not because it makes what happened \u201cok\u201d-but for the sake of your own well-being.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #666666;\"><b>5. Take care of yourself and handle your business:<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\">Clean your house, put yourself together, eat healthfully and treat yourself a little.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\">Our distress can often be amplified when we allow it to manifest into a more chaotic experience than it initially was.\u00a0 When we are in a dark place, we often let a lot of things go.\u00a0 Then, we find that we aren\u2019t just upset about what originally was bothering us, but we\u2019re now also upset because our house is dirty, our bills are unpaid and\/or we look haggard and unkempt.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\">Picking ourselves up when we are down by cleaning, staying on top of our business and taking care of our health and appearance will give us enough of a lift to start to turn our emotions around. Bad things will happen to all of us from time to time, but if we want to get back into the light we can\u2019t let a little negative energy come in and destroy everything in our lives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\"><i>It\u2019s normal for all of us to feel a little lost from time to time.\u00a0 Unfortunate things do happen in life.\u00a0 There are breakups, there is dysfunction, there are lost jobs, addictions and even deaths.\u00a0 These things will happen to many of us.<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\"><i>However, we have the ability to pull ourselves out of the darkness.\u00a0 This might feel a little daunting at first, but it\u2019s actually a really good thing.\u00a0 It means that we are extremely powerful and that we have the choice to direct our lives the way we want to.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #666666;\"><i>It\u2019s up to us to decide when it\u2019s time to get back into the light. 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