"Remember. 8:30"
-Kelly Baldwin
This quote may not seem like much.
But, when I was in high school. I was having a really hard time with something. To this day, I don't remember exactly what it was. I'm sure that it had something to do with how people that I thought were my friends were treating me. But I was obsessing over it. I would think about it all the time and it had gotten to the point that I could no longer concentrate on anything but it and I was becoming really negative and upset over it.
At the time, I had a wonderful Young Women's Leader named Kelly.
She and I were really close and always saw eye to eye.
One night I was talking with her about the problem that I was having. She told me the following advice.
Every time the thought comes to mind, tell yourself "I will think about it at 8:30.
The time itself has to be set by you, it should be a time that you will always have available to you.
When 8:30 comes, you are going to think about the problem. You can cry, scream, punch pillows, whatever you have to do. For as long as you have to do it. But only beginning at 8:30.
The first night, it may take to hours.
But the second night, it might only take 1 hours and 55 minutes.
Sooner or later you will never have to tell yourself 8:30. And the problem won't bother you anymore.
This wisdom was definitely used and I am grateful for it to this day.
Whenever a struggle comes to my life, I hear her words.
"Heidee. Remember. 8:30"
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