Feeling Discouraged

I have been feeling kind of discouraged lately. Mostly related to my work. I like what I do, and I enjoy the flexibility that being self-employed allows me. I appreciate the low rent that I pay at my place of work, and I like my clients. Lately things have been fairly slow and I feel discouraged. I know that I am not a terrible therapist because I do have a number of regular clients, but I tend to get a lot of people who tell me they will call to rebook and then never do. I know I can't control people, but it sure would be nice if people followed through on that offer. In the last two years I have learned that distributing fliers/brochures/etc. is not that effective in recruiting new clients. By far the most effective form of advertising in the massage therapy business is word of mouth and ads in the yellow pages. I am not going to give up and start looking for work elsewhere because I know that this is sort of the nature of the business...slow weeks and busy weeks. But it just seems that lately there have been far more slow weeks for me than busy weeks. There are a lot of things I like about where I work, but I just feel discouraged right now. If you would remember me in your prayers I would appreciate it :) And if anyone you know is looking for a massage therapist...