5 Ways to Get Through Disappointment

5) Seek Support –

Asking for help is not a sign of weakness contrary to what many cultures paint it to be. When there’s a need, put aside pride and show your strength by accepting humanity is a system. People are here to help one another.

Build a support system. Have a circle of family and friends to help give you that gentle push when you need it. But come up with a plan in figuring out just when you need to seek professional support. There are ways to make tomorrow sunnier than today.

Fatimah Popal is an all-American lady with a sprinkle of Kandahari and the scent of Rumi. Wife of a gentleman, mother to two button-nosed lady bugs, conflict resolution practitioner & IT geek, motivational speaker, bursting with creative energy & love & pouring it into the world. Despite the hecticness, lives to tell all. Her column, The Heart, the Mind, and Some Magic, appears in the second week of every month.