Have you ever noticed that the soundtrack in your mind affects the decisions you make and how you view the world?
One day you’re having a great day—the sun is shining, and everything is going right—and it’s easy to be positive. The next day, it feels like everything is going wrong. Maybe you woke up late for work, your car wouldn’t start, and as a result, your thought life spirals downward. I wonder what would happen if you changed the narrative?
What if, instead of letting your circumstances control your thoughts, you let your thoughts control how you view your circumstances?
Maybe you’re being faced with a situation that requires you to make a tough decision. For some, this kind of moment comes with an unexpected pregnancy. A situation that was unplanned, and feels so overwhelming.
Things aren’t playing out the way you planned, and the voice inside your head is saying, “You’ll never be enough. This is too hard.”
You may feel torn between what feels most practical and what feels really hard. It’s okay to take time to think through both.
Give yourself the grace to consider all of your options. Take the time to process—you don’t have to rush to make a decision.
Fear often speaks the loudest in moments like these, but you don’t have to let it make the final decision.
Fear often pressures us to come up with a solution. For some, abortion may feel like the only way forward—the quickest way to regain control or a sense of normalcy.
What if, instead of listening to the voice of fear, you chose to listen to the other Voice? The Voice that might be quieter, but the one that’s asking you to be brave.
Choosing to listen to the voice of truth may require a lot of courage, but maybe you’ll discover you’re braver than you think. Oftentimes, what is hardest to do at first becomes the most rewarding in the long run.
We can’t go back and rewrite our stories, but we can choose how we respond to what’s happened to us and how we live our lives going forward.
At Cecil Pregnancy and Family Resource Center, we exist to be there for you in moments like these. When the soundtrack in your mind is loud and full of fear, we strive to be a safe place. A place where you can ask the hard questions, process your emotions, and explore all of your options without feeling pressured or judged.