The heavy grip of sadness can take hold of your mind and your heart today, leaving you feeling dreadfully down and incapable of taking even the simplest of actions. You may be worried about specific disheartening issues playing out in your life in the present, or you may simply be suffering from mild depression. If you explore the cause of your distressing mind-set, you will likely discover that your current emotional state is related to fear, lingering mental baggage, or unexpressed feelings. Whatever the cause of the sadness you feel today, your understanding of its roots can help you devise coping strategies that will allow you to effectively work through your feelings using constructive, conscientious, and compassionate techniques.

Challenging emotions become easier to bear when we are thoughtful in our coping strategies. When we actively examine the root of such feelings, we empower ourselves to consciously affect a change within ourselves through awareness. The better our understanding of our reactions to stimuli we perceive as negative, the more refined our ability to address them constructively. We need not suffer under the weight of sorrow because we understand that it is a natural feeling and serves some purpose in our experience, even if only to send a signal that something in our lives needs to change. When we heed this signal, we find we are equipped to work with, not against, our challenging emotions. When you examine the cause of your sadness today, you will be able to ease your feelings through action.