The person I am giving my care package to is my mother. My mom needs a break by herself so she can relax and find her purpose in life again. She avoids working on herself at all costs and will make up excuses as to why she doesn’t have the time to do it. I see that she has been unhappy for a very long time within herself but makes a point of always being there to help out her family and friends. I believe that if she was able to trust someone other than the ones closest to her she would feel more comfortable to open up and to really get to the root of her deep-seeded issues. She would then have a chance at being her true self. I hope she will get the most out of my carefully crafted care package I put together just for her. I spent time thinking about her and how I could give something special to her in return for everything that she has done for me and continues to do for everyone in our family. I’m hoping that my mother will be open to getting help so she can start to heal her internal pain that she carries around. I am hoping that my mother will have a better understanding of herself and how she views her life. There’s nothing more I want for my mom than for her to feel she has more to offer people and the world around her.
Sukhmander Singh and John Finnemore wrote a scholarly source on “Restoring Inner Peace in a Science Dominated Society.” This article was put into the international journal of religion and spirituality in society. In this day and age there is a huge stigma around people and how they look at retail therapy as an outlet for them to mask their true feelings of being depressed about themselves or the world around them. The authors of this article made a point in their introduction to this paper when they said this “[often] leads to compromises in principles, poorer relations among peoples, and hence a rise in conflicts between societies and nations” (40). My hope is for my mom to read this article and see that there is a better way of doing things, a better way of feeling about herself, and a better way at looking towards her life and the world around her.
In her article “Out of the Dark,” the author Rosemarie Robotham interviews the singer Jennifer Holiday. Holiday opens up about her personal struggles with depression and what steps she needed to take in order to find herself again. For over ten years Holiday, was unable to tell herself or others that she was feeling more than unhappy. She talks about how it started with her gaining weight and not feeling good enough within herself. Holiday then tried to take her own life but when that didn’t work she agreed to seek help in an in-patient treatment center. Holiday told Robotham that she also looked for guidance from God and she’s feeling reborn. “It’s as if my whole life has started over, and God has shown me how to laugh again, to have fun.” I feel that when my mom reads this article that she’ll see there’s steps that can be taken to her overcome her low self-esteem. Happiness is possible and all the hard work my mom will put into her own recovery she will see there is hope
The authors Michels Barry and Phil Stutz wrote a book called Coming Alive, 4 tools to defeat your inner enemy, ignite creative expression, and unleash your soul’s potential.4 simple tools. The Black Sun, The Vortex, The Moon, and The Tower. Plus how a person can go about making the very best out of their lives more meaningful to them. Stutz, explains in the book how the “Inner Enemy that traps you in a limited existence, and guides you through the first steps towards activating your full potential” (5). My mom loves to read books about self-help and different ways she can achieve her personal goals. I hope she can use some of these ideas from this book and include what she finds helpful and beneficial to her.
This movie is based on the memoir of Chris Gardner’s almost one-year hardship of raising his young son and being homeless. Will Smith and his son Jaden Smith played the father and son roll of Gardner and his son. Evicted from their home and with nowhere to go the two are forced to live in a shelter, eventually Will Smith (Chris Gardener) gets an intern job at a high end firm; however, it didn’t pay anything. Gardener, gave his son some valuable advice one day when they were out walking together “don’t ever let someone tell you, you can’t do something.” I honestly think my mother would see that there is no giving up no matter how hard things get. She needs to start and finish her journey of overcoming her depression.
https://youtu.be/ogxLNlgKM8c. This song was originally written by Rev. John Newton in 1779, as a Christian Hymn. It’s a peaceful and relaxing song that has been beautifully and thoughtfully created to capture the inner feelings of the listener. One of the lyrics that stands out in this song and is a very popular verse is “Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me…… I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see.” I’ve heard my mom play this song over the years, and I believe that this song will help her to open up more and also that she can trust in something bigger than her when she can’t see or feel it around her.
I will be sending my mother on a trip to Mexico, where she can just relax and not have to worry about anything except what she is going to be ordering from the menu. I want her to just enjoy herself, I have planned for her to have a spa day package a tour guide to take her wherever she wants to go, I have arranged for her to go to the beauty salon any time she wants to as well. She can go for a swim in the ocean or in the pool that’s at the resort. I feel my mother deserves this trip as she does go above and beyond for everyone she knows, this is her time to find herself. I’m really hoping she will have a wonderful time while she’s there. I am hoping she will read some of the literatures I’ve picked out for her when she’s poolside, I think having a better understanding of what she is going through for herself will help her when she’s ready to ask for it. I love my mom and she really deserves this trip alone