Alzheimer’s Caregiver - The lesson I learned from the knot in my neck part 2

The lesson from the knot in my neck, pt 2.

I started to pay attention to other things that would “activate” the burning sensation in my back or the knot in my neck.

Social media activism or more specifically, armchair activism via social media, was one of those things.

For example, I had at one point decreased the number of political accounts that I followed to 2. And, I’d check them every day. It wasn’t doing anything good for me. I’d get my feathers all ruffled up and grumble, worry, stew.

It took some doing, but I completely stopped passively consuming everything political on social media. I skipped over it. If I mindlessly started down a rabbit hole that was not helpful, I would turn my phone off temporarily, like it was a hot potato, so I could gain control again. And, now, it’s so peaceful, friends.

The reason I tell you this is, the mental strength and peace that I had during the last months of Dave’s life and even the day of his passing, wasn’t just natural. I worked for that. The year before, I was a mess.

I fought for that peace and strength, with intentional choices, even down to paying attention to what I was passively consuming online and if that was doing anything good or positive.

I’m not a social media basher. Read the old testament some time and you’ll stop saying that our generation is the worst it’s been. There was some bad stuff happening long before …any kind of phone.

Choices, friends. Do you want to feel more peace? Do you want a stronger mind? Do you want a stronger body? Choices. Discipline.

There you go, friends. That’s my story for today.