Are You Moping Around?

I was ministering to someone a while back and the Lord gave me an acronym that totally fit the situation. This young woman was being battered by trying to meet the expectations of others. I think this is extra prevalent during the holidays.
So the acronym was M.O.P.E.
Meeting
Other
People's
Expectations
It is an open door for oppression and depression and you will just mope around the house and through your daily tasks.
Someone who mopes is someone who looks like they have been spray painted with "Why Me, Lord? Why Me?"
They are always singing the blues which is an open door to self pity. When you are all dressed up in self-pity, nobody wants to be around you. That just compounds the mood.
It is not a forever situation. Joy comes in the morning. That is His morning of choice, not yours Psalm 30 says:

⁴ Sing unto the Lord,

O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

⁵ For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life:

 weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

When you wallow in self-pity and grief, your morning will be delayed.When you go there, soon your foot is on a slippery slope and recovery is difficult.
The only antidote is to shake yourself loose. Not always easy, but always necessary.
It requires action on your part.

Shake from Free Online Dictionary: Parentheses mine.
1. To cause to move to and fro with jerky movements.(get up and dance)
2. To cause to quiver, tremble, vibrate, or rock. (Rock 'n' roll)
3. To cause to lose stability or waver: (Self-pity as a belief system has to go.)
4. To remove or dislodge by jerky movements: shook the dust from (my feet).
5.a. To bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking:
   b. Slang To get rid of:
6. To disturb or agitate; unnerve:
7. To brandish or wave, especially in anger: shake one's fist. (Get mad at the devil.)
Okay, still not sure how to do it?
Here is a great example:

Shake Yourself Loose

There comes a time in life when you have to lay down everything that is holding you back and go for it.
Hebrews 12:1 says, "Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily hinders our progress. And let us run with endurance the race that God has set before us." NLT
Our races and weights may be different, but neither of us can do what God has set before us unless we lay down all of the weights that we have picked up over the years.
I can rattle off a dozen reasons why I couldn't be expected to a winner in the race of line. They could be as trivial as my weight or age or as devastating as being the victim of a violent crime. But those are just events. That is not who I am. I am finding my true identity in who God says I am.
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made: marvellous [are] thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well. Ps. 139:14
We have fun with the following song at our church. Listen to a couple of times until you really get it. Then really, I mean seriously, just do it!
Shake yourself loose and go get what is yours and give God all of the glory.