DISCOURAGED

We start to feel discouraged, when our confidence is gone inside.
We tried to accomplish something again, and were just denied.
It starts to seem like a pattern, when we are about to give up hope.
It has happened so frequently, and we are at the end of our rope.

The courage that we once felt before, is nowhere to be found.
We look for it where it has been before, but it is not around.
Our subcounsious mind has been programmed, to protect our ego.
It has changed the way that we think, and what it is that we know.

But there is someone that our ego will listen to, it is the only one.
Our ego will not heal itself, until something very important is done.
We must reassure ourselves that failure is normal, it’s the only way.
We need to learn from the past, and then everything will be okay.

Everyone may feel discouraged, these feelings can cut like a knife.
People who don’t, are out of touch, with themselves, and everyday life.
Give it some time, get some rest, and just focus on what we do best.
Swallow our pride, let our anger go, and we will be ready for the quest.

Written by Craig Dunkleberger

Feeling discouraged in Disney’s Ratatouille

22 suggestions for overcoming discouragement:

1. Ask someone you respect if they ever feel discouraged.
2. Accept people for who they are. Trying to change people is futile and frustrating.
3. When you feel discouraged acknowledge it to yourself.People who never feel discouraged are out of touch with themselves and the world.
4. Anger frequently grows into discouragement. Let go of anger.
5. Learn to do something new.
6. Hold your head up. Good posture helps.
7. Encourage someone. Your needs reveal what others may need.
8. Stop trying to control things you can’t control. Let something go.
9. Exercise.
10. Persistent ambiguity is discouraging. Establish milestones; seeing progress encourages.
11. Solve a small challenge or complete a project. Checking something off your list lifts a weight from your shoulders.
12. Do your best to focus on things you do best. It feels great to do something well.
13. Feeling alone can be discouraging. Let someone in. Find a friend by being a friend.
14. Reward yourself or someone else.
15. Journal.
16. Reinterpret your setbacks as learning experiences and stepping stones.
17. Enjoy fresh ideas from a book or lecture.
18. Do something fun.
19. If you don’t get some rest you’ll end up discouraged.
20. The up side of discouragement is it may motivate you to evaluate yourself.
21. Change a routine.
22. Drain the drama. Respond objectively.