{"id":160,"date":"2009-05-24T17:17:35","date_gmt":"2009-05-24T17:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/?p=160"},"modified":"2010-06-17T23:05:30","modified_gmt":"2010-06-17T23:05:30","slug":"how-do-i-cope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/24\/how-do-i-cope\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I cope?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am a professional dog trainer and dog walker.  I have a home to maintain. I have bills to pay.  and I feel like falling apart today.  Benjamin is lame and the vets can&#8217;t yet figure out why.  I have a dis-eased mind and it goes to the worst case scenarios.  I am having a very hard time  &#8220;keeping a stiff upper lip&#8221;.  I am having a very hard time being centered. I am having a very hard time being a mom.<\/p>\n<p>I think it is healing to cry. But I can&#8217;t seem to stop.\u00a0 I wonder if I will ever be okay.\u00a0 I wonder if this worry and stress will be with me all the time.\u00a0 I wonder when the relief will come.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t seem to find the inner guru who has some life lesson to impart.\u00a0 I can&#8217;t seem to stand tall and coax myself out of this state of grief.\u00a0 I know I will handle life moment by moment. I know that I am a very responsible person and won&#8217;t totally lose it-\u00a0 I just want God to give me some relief from the worry.\u00a0 This is my prayer for today:<\/p>\n<p>God,\u00a0 I have had enough for one day.\u00a0 I am asking you to bring some relief from worry and stress.\u00a0 Please give Benjamin a better day.\u00a0 Let his limp be lessened, Let his pain subside. Please give me the ability to breathe deeper. Please give me a little more spaciousness inside this crowded mind of fear.\u00a0 Please let Benjamin and I enjoy each other today.\u00a0 Please let me relax into the immense love and connection I have with him.\u00a0 Please let me laugh and smile some today.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you God for listening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a professional dog trainer and dog walker. I have a home to maintain. I have bills to pay. and I feel like falling apart today. Benjamin is lame and the vets can&#8217;t yet figure out why. I have a dis-eased mind and it goes to the worst case scenarios. I am having a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/24\/how-do-i-cope\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How do I cope?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":256,"href":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160\/revisions\/256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}