TIRED/WEARY/EXHAUSTED!!!

I bet most of us are or have been at this point some time in our lives. 

There are many different things which can cause us to feel this way.  Physically i.e. working several jobs or long hours, taking several hours a semester in college, taking care of children and running them to activities, etc.  Emotionally i.e. just trying to cope with things life throws us, illness in children or parents, worry (there's all kinds of things in this area), sadness, too many things coming at us at once, etc.  

I could go on; maybe you have things I didn't mention.  These things can literally exhaust you into depression.  Our minds do not stop.  Whether we are trying to think of what we have to do next, worrying about possible confrontation, or just thinking of our own guilt and a worthless feeling of ourselves.  All of this can play over and over in our heads evenly subconsciously. 

We have to train our minds to consciously think of something else.  For example, if you bite your fingernails out of habit.  Sometimes it's such a habit you don't even realize you are doing it.  So when you decide you want to stop, you have to think about it on purpose i.e. be conscious of when you do it.  This takes practice.  Well, so does thinking good thoughts instead of bad thoughts, stop worrying, stop trying to figure out what is going to happen next, etc.  

If we are not conscious of these things, it can make us so tired, weary and exhausted we just want to give up.  For me, I would just want to sleep so I didn't have to think about it.  These things at times would send me into a downward spiral/depression, but sometimes not so bad.  

God made each one of "wonderfully and beautifully made".  He loves you and does not condemn you and he does not want you to condemn yourself.  So just remember to practice and consciously think in a good direction and see if it will keep you from being tired.