The Self Care Studio

What does the word discouragement mean? Interesting enough it has the word courage comfortably snuggled between dis and ment. The google definition of the word means a loss of confidence or enthusiasm or dispiritedness. That dis means apart from and ment meaning an action or doing something . Right now I am feeling discouragement. So much so I feel I may need to change paths or deal with things in a manner that is unbecoming. I have decided to choose the latter. The reason being I believe it will be helpful to everyone in the situation. As a massage therapist we believe in doing no harm. At times massage therapy is painful. There are times when people are in so much pain only matching pain can take away or lessen their pain. The massage therapist has to have the knowledge of the modality that is going to be effective. They have to show what they have learned, and practice those skills on the people that are their clients. In order to do this you need courage. What brings you courage? I would say knowledge allows you to have courage. The more knowledge you have the more you are able to step out on faith. If you are working with indecision and in trepidation about people places and things that are in your cipher. Get more knowledgeable about your situation and use your knowledge as a sword of protection and courage. I said all of that to say this: Be not discouraged on this day be curious bold and free. I sure will.