feeling overwhelmed

i'm overwhelmed; exhausted; tired; partly confused; I'm taking 15 units right now, I work 32 hrs/week, I have one semester left; I have 1 month/1 week to go before this semester ends; I have two papers to finish before next week- one of them is a huge research paper; I have a C in Chronic Disease Epidemiology; I'm trying to graduate with a 3.4 CSF gpa; I need to start grad school application process; Holidays are around the bend; Taxes is around the corner; I haven't' purchased gifts for the belated birthdays during summer; I haven't been consistent with an exercise program; I'm planning to run the LA Marathon in March; Wondering when will I ever be able to swim; My dad's negativity filtered throughout the weekend; My family is not eating healthy; I'm scared for them; I'm scared for myself; I'm afraid I'm going to catch a cold- with having a low immunity; I feel overweight, lethargic, and unsexy; I have a feeling I failed the EWP again...the list continues

...a state of exhaustion...a feeling of no control...thoughts are all over the place...priorities need to be reassessed..internally stressed & fearful of time

what it boils down to... I simply need emotional support...I need school support...I need encouragement and bursts of motivation


God has bestowed me with several kinds of opportunities each minute, each hour, each day, each year. As soon as we wake up, we're bestowed with the awareness that we're alive. We're bestowed the simple fact that we continue to live another day. As I'm writing a paper on Fibromyalgia, I'm saddened for all those who live with it. It's such an undiagnosed disease yet the majority of people (including medical doctors) have no idea what the hell it is. For those that care, it's a chronic, nonarticular pain syndrome defined by widespread muculosketal PAIN & tenderness. Common symptoms other than CONTINUED EXTREME PAIN include sleep disturbances, fatigue, headache, stiffness, anxiety, etc. Imagine living with extreme pain 24-hr/day. Imagine the symptoms of being pregnant? There is still lack of causality- possibly genetic? environmental? Nobody is quite sure. It can happen to anybody...


That said, make sure to treasure each moment. Tell your love ones you love them. Surprise a random stranger with a gift. Give time to volunteer. Love your people- Essentially we're all one body. We were put on this earth because we have a function. What's our life's mission? We might never know & that's okay. God takes care of us. Leave your worries and problems to him. He'll take care of us and always has. Sometimes we have to go through rough times to realize our true potential. Sometimes we hit stumbling blocks to reevaluate our personal goals. As each experience passes, inner strength is tested-- spirtually, mentally, emotionally, socially, physically... I may complain & whine but now that's said and done in my first paragraph, let's live life to the fullest: carpe diem! Blessings to you and yours... May it be a beautiful week for all of us.