Comments on: What to Do When Life Craps on You https://healthygut.com/when-life-craps-on-you/ Solutions for sensitive people with gut health issues. Mon, 10 Dec 2018 21:11:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 By: Health Problems https://healthygut.com/when-life-craps-on-you/#comment-231859 http://scdlifestyle.com/?p=9047#comment-231859 Thank you so much for this post! Very moving and inspires me to keep moving forward despite all the crap I’ve been getting in life lately. Moving forward with your positive thoughts with me. Thank you!

]]> By: sharon lucas https://healthygut.com/when-life-craps-on-you/#comment-214731 http://scdlifestyle.com/?p=9047#comment-214731 PS. Thank you Trina for that story about the donkey! What a powerful visual!!!
We can learn a lot from nature. 🙂

]]> By: sharon lucas https://healthygut.com/when-life-craps-on-you/#comment-214729 http://scdlifestyle.com/?p=9047#comment-214729 Hello Steve,
Sorry to hear about the site being ‘hacked’ 🙁 But, it is so true what you and Victor Frankl say about how we “react”. I was thinking about this very thing all day yesterday and even spoke to 3 people (strangers) about it! What I was saying was no matter how ‘crappy’ my life is, I have a choice about how I respond. It’s either to be angry, bitter or just plain pissed off! Or, I can choose to keep smiling. For me, it too has taken a long time and a life filled with a lot of CRAP to finally understand the choice I really do have! Because, the bottom line is the event or pain of that life experience will still be a fact, whether I am angry or pleasant. When I choose a more pleasant and calm approach, I can make better decisions and others are more willing to help and support me. When we are angry, emotions are in the drivers seat. So then, we are not ‘consciously’ in control…the real sad part about choosing bitterness, is that it hurts us and everyone around us….

]]> By: Deb https://healthygut.com/when-life-craps-on-you/#comment-214607 http://scdlifestyle.com/?p=9047#comment-214607 Thanks for your emails. They give you that push, that gets you going again.

]]> By: Jennifer https://healthygut.com/when-life-craps-on-you/#comment-212640 http://scdlifestyle.com/?p=9047#comment-212640 So sorry to hear about your troubles this weekend. Thank you for sharing your perspective on how responding to troubles effects our health, even when the trouble is our health! Suffering has taught me to be much more grateful for all the little blessings that come my way. I make sure to thank God for them every day. I also thank Him for you and Jordan and all your work in helping sick and suffering people like me to work at getting better.

]]> By: Trina https://healthygut.com/when-life-craps-on-you/#comment-212612 http://scdlifestyle.com/?p=9047#comment-212612 Reminds me of the story, “The Donkey in the Well”
“One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a Well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the donkey was old, and the Well, needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn’t worth it to retrieve the donkey.

He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone’s amazement he *quieted down.

A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey did something amazing. He shook it off and took a step up.

As the farmer’s neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off!

Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, *never giving up! *Shake it off and take a *step up.

]]> By: Heidi https://healthygut.com/when-life-craps-on-you/#comment-212265 http://scdlifestyle.com/?p=9047#comment-212265 Awesome reminder and thanks for the encouragement. I will put that book on my list too.
Sorry about the trouble you guys have to go through with the hacking problem. I’m impressed that a body would even know where to begin with such an issue.
Any chance that this hacking thing was the reason why I couldn’t get through and take advantage of your offer via Sean Croxton?

]]> By: Jeanne Powell https://healthygut.com/when-life-craps-on-you/#comment-212261 http://scdlifestyle.com/?p=9047#comment-212261 I do really appreciate your wellness philosophy, psychological and physical. Thanks for all you have done to help others! And Happy Easter!

]]> By: donjon https://healthygut.com/when-life-craps-on-you/#comment-212182 http://scdlifestyle.com/?p=9047#comment-212182 What a great article! Thanks for your insightful and mature insights. Good luck with your problem.
DJ

]]> By: Kathleen https://healthygut.com/when-life-craps-on-you/#comment-212143 http://scdlifestyle.com/?p=9047#comment-212143 Thanks for sharing your story from the weekend, Steve! It came at the perfect time for me personally, and served as a reminder that it really is all in how we respond. And I agree, it does take practice to respond in a way that is productive and that helps propel us forward toward what we seek.

]]> By: Kat https://healthygut.com/when-life-craps-on-you/#comment-212109 http://scdlifestyle.com/?p=9047#comment-212109 Awesome post today Steve!!! You hinted this to me in a one on one session about a year ago and I never really understood until the last 4 months. Releasing the stress/anger/resentment/anything negative is the only thing that will help you get to that point of reduced stress that all of us with IBD truly need. Thanks for continuing to spread the word on healing by keeping our faith and hearts on the up and up.

]]> By: Pat https://healthygut.com/when-life-craps-on-you/#comment-212095 http://scdlifestyle.com/?p=9047#comment-212095 WOW! I am facing a doctor appointment tomorrow that could be…anything. Talk about timely!! Thank you for this, thank you very much.

]]> By: Elle https://healthygut.com/when-life-craps-on-you/#comment-212085 http://scdlifestyle.com/?p=9047#comment-212085 Please watch the documentary “Nicky’s Family.” It will restore your faith in humanity and gladden your heart. Best, Elle

]]> By: Debbie https://healthygut.com/when-life-craps-on-you/#comment-212081 http://scdlifestyle.com/?p=9047#comment-212081 Man’s Search for Meaning helped me at my lowest point many years ago. I have a few copies so old the pages are brown with that weird smell. I have always wondered why Logotherapy didn’t take off. I think it’s because it’s too philosophical and requires people to think and work and take charge of their own thinking too much. People want magical, fast cures, more so now than then, and for other people – the therapist – to do it for them. I love hearing someone else has heard of Viktor Frankl and his work. It’s deep stuff. Can’t wait to hear the podcast. For me, I struggle to not become absorbed in the health issues. Life can’t take a backseat – it can go on while I heal. Thanks for this post.

]]> By: Mala T https://healthygut.com/when-life-craps-on-you/#comment-212075 http://scdlifestyle.com/?p=9047#comment-212075 So true. And exactly what I needed to hear today. Thank you.

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