Keep up the fight!

It has been cold here for the last couple of days and I feel like I’m getting a cold. I’m wishing for warmer weather. Every day is an adventure. I am out of my ordinary comfort zone and no longer working as I wait for the house to be finished. The other day I read a quote and I can’t remember the exact wording, but here is a paraphrase. When you stand up and face your greatest fear, all fear leaves. It is true, but it is not easy. Last night I faced a fear. I didn’t feel the tremendous anxiety, but my body did start reacting with a hot flash so I stepped away and acknowledged that my body was telling me I had had enough for the moment. It’s ok to do that as long as you know you will go back and face it again and take it a step further the next time until it no longer has a hold on you.
I pray you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year, but if it wasn’t all that you had hoped, I pray that you have many blessings in the new year. We all have troubles and we will never escape those totally in this life, but we don’t have to live with the hold of ocd on top of life’s other burdens. It is something we can conquer and battle back with God’s help. Don’t stop in your fight. Maybe you feel you have had a slight setback or maybe you have seen great strides, but either way you will come out of this a winner if you just don’t give up.
Here’s to many blessings for all of us this year. I hope to write again soon!
Getting through ocd.