By Nancy Virden (c)2024

Making choices is the key to managing moods.

Choices are simple when certain factors are in place. (1) Enjoying one option above the other (2) Knowing how to make the best decision and take action (3) Being psychologically able to choose what is right for you.

We have all been in that place where we do not know how to make the better decision. Perhaps we lack information or have not been taught how to say no.  Without knowledge, the best decisions will remain elusive. It is evident then, is it not, that one healthy and productive choice is to seek wise counsel?

Realizing we do not know everything is the beginning of self-awareness. Humbly admitting that others may know what we do not is a step toward growth. It is when we finally make the call, ask for help, and take on responsibility for our mental health that we begin to see hope and change.

If choices are painful and confusing, seek God’s will. Seek human guidance. Realize that nothing changes unless we change.

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Today’s Helpful Word

Psalm 25:12

Who, then, are those who fear the Lord? He will instruct them in the ways they should choose.

If you are feeling suicidal, or concerned about someone who is, in the U.S. call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988, or for a list of international suicide hotlines, go here.

If you are suicidal with a plan, immediately call 911 in the U.S. or go to your nearest emergency room. In the EU call 112. (For other international emergency numbers, go here ). Hope and help are yours!

Always the Fight Ministries (ATFM) has been displaying compassion for those fighting mental illness, addiction, or abuse since 2012. Nancy is the founder and voice of ATFM and openly shares her emotional resurrection from despair. NOTE: Nancy is not a doctor or a mental health professional, and speaks only from personal experience and observations. In no way is this website intended to substitute for professional mental or behavioral health care.

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