Kingdom Fitness 2024 Edition/Life at 40 and Beyond... Understanding Seasons and Stages of Life in Your 40's
To everything in life there is a time and a season as the Bible says. In my 40's, I am learning just to be. I think this is the most calm I have ever been in my 42 years of living. I grew into it. I guess.
In my 20's, I was learning how to be an adult. That stage of my life was all so new and different. Going from being a teenager to an adult all at once was eye opening, but I finally got the hang of adulting.
Then, in my 30's, understanding fully what it meant to be an adult, I discovered how to express my inner feelings and life experiences on paper through writing blogs and books, yet to be published. I learned how to breathe deeply and how to release stress and negativity combating me. I, also, learned the power of the pause and how to center my energy and life, to regain my focus and balance.
And now that I am in my 40's, I have discovered the deeper meaning of rest, being peaceful and at peace and having a calm disposition. Just to say that brings a sense of soothing warmth. Calm...😌☺️.
Being calm is a lost art in our busy world where grit, grind and busyness is the norm. If you're too calm, you are deemed weird, lazy and odd. However, to be peaceful, at rest, productive, joyful, integral and quiet are all things God and the Bible encourages. Yet, these qualities are frowned upon in our modern day culture and society.
The world is so chaotic.🙃 People are so often rattled or confused. It's nice to escape it all from time to time, find a quiet space and just be. Deep breathes...
No conflict. No stress. Just breathe, and be at peace.😌☺️
This is the stage of life that I find myself in. Calm and at peace, with God's help. It's necessary in every season of my life in my 40's.
Things that once perplexed me and easily rattled my composure, I now give over to quiet calm and God through prayer. Choose your battles, choose your attitude, and choose you responses.
I often times just find myself looking at people with a deep stare of... well. I will offer advice, support and even a listening ear from time to time, but at the end of the day, the choice is yours to make I tell them. So, no matter what life brings, rather it frustrates me, saddens me or perplexes me for a time... I refocus, gather my composure and retreat to inner calm.😌☺️
You cannot run from life. Your have to face it wisely. However, you can choose your boundaries, your circle and your calm.
Sometimes, the challenges or scars you're dealing with aren't yours at all. I have learned that with time in God's presence, scars heal over time, with God's help. I have, also, discovered that sometimes you are dealing with other people's scars and battles.🙃🤦♀️👀
Just stay calm. Give encouragement. Keep living forward. Things will work themselves out over time.
Sometimes, people say, I love you the way that you are, when in all actuality you are choosing to love them the way that they are.😂🤣 People have blind spots.🤦♀️ We all have a story to tell.
We all have strengths and weaknesses. It's easy to look down on someone when they are walking through a tough season, but what happens when they have to walk with you through yours?👀🙃 Ouch. Reality. Right?
Sometimes, people look down on you for the very things they themselves have done or are doing.👀🤦♀️ Some days I just want to say, "Really? Look whose talking. No you didn't."😂🤣
People are such hypocrites. No problem. Look ahead and stay calm.
I wish nothing bad on no one. But the truth is, life will happen. Never look down on or mistreat others who are having a tough season, because your day will come. Sow mercy and grace, and reap it in your time of need.
Life is no respecter of persons. We all deal with challenges and challenging people. Be the one who brings peace and calm.
Sometimes, we pray that God bring good things and good people into your lives, and when He finally answers that prayer, we don't know what to do with them. Be attentive. Be intentional. There are no guarantees that if we mishandle these things they will stick around.👀🙃
Whatever it is. A season. A stage of life. Decisions. Challenges or concerns. Give it all over to God, and be at peace.
Devote to times of prayer, reflections and quiet solitude to help you channel your emotions, thoughts, life and interactions with others, in all areas of your life. "Rashea, you are calm." No sweetie, life and God has given me have a calming demeanor.
It took time, tears, losses, wins, battles, war wounds and choosing to be the bigger person to be calm person. Life can either make you bitter or better. With God's help, seasons, stages, time, experiences and God have brought out the best in me.
Don't get me wrong. I am nowhere near perfect or finished, but I am better, wiser, stronger, more joyful, balanced and calm. I choose to be calm and at peace in my 40's and beyond.
When I express life in my 40's... I am speaking of my own experiences. Life is a journey. You will have good and bad moments, but have a good life. Enjoy every step, stage and season!
Rashea@LL02
