A womans Time

This is by Kathy Babbitt from her book Habits of the Heart.

Understanding your emotions

The difference in estrogen levels in a woman's body during various times of the month correlates to a predictable pattern of behaviors and emotions. In general, during the first week of her cycle she is outgoing, ambitious, optimistic....and self-confident. During the second week she is hopeful, easygoing ,creative,...and has inner strength and a sense of well-being.... The third week she lacks coordination, longs for peace,....is impatient,...and gloomy. The fourth week she is very irritable, touchy withdrawn,....and lacks self-confidence.

Whew! Is it any wonder that interpersonal conflicts sometimes seem to come from nowhere? Naturally, these characteristics are not true for all women, and some women struggle with them more than others (and their families struggle right along with them). ~Maybe you need to tell yourself, "Tomorrow or next week will be better" or "it will soon pass, just hang in there!"

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Gail MacDonald writes "Women are always aware of their bodies. Changes within our hormonal balances are always sending us signals that can affect moods, strength levels, and even our perceptual capacities. If we don't understand those things, thinking positively about them and accepting them, our bodies can betray us and leave us in a nongrowth predicament.

A fellow-learner in a class I taught shared thoughts about the tendency of many women to fight depression in the fall of the year. She reminded us that Psalm 1 suggests that we are all to be like trees planted by a stream---trees which bear fruit "in....season."

Her insight? That even trees don't flower and bear fruit all the time--only in season. But men and women alike seem to think that we should be bearing fruit all the time; we punish ourselves when we"re not. She was teaching us the beauty of personal dormancy: We must allow for it and accept it joyfully....A time of inner strength-gathering for a better bloom later.

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I think it is important to keep track of our cycles so when we are out of sorts and not feeling real perky we will know why! If we know the reason why( that it is a hormone imbalance) then we can react in a more Godly way. We can pray and ask God to help us through this time and to accept it.

Does that help you young ladies? The time is coming when it will be over! And I can say, it is great!!!!!
Take good care and lean on the Lord! Sharon

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Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. ~1 Peter 5:6-7 ~