Category Archives: Stress Trap
To Do or Not To Do
How do you feel about exercise? Do you agree with the Enthusiast or the Couch Potato? The Enthusiast: I love the way I feel when I exercise. Not only that, it will add years to my … Continue reading
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Sometimes You Just Can’t Win
The Young Man and the Shirts A young man was visiting his folks at Christmas and his mother gave him two new shirts. The fellow was pleased and immediately went upstairs to change into one of them. When he came … Continue reading
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For This Food We Are About to Receive…
For this food we are about to receive, we thank Thee, Lord. —A Christian pre-meal prayer The picture on the left is of our daughter holding part of our harvest of potatoes from our garden in the woods years ago. … Continue reading
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Following the Path…One Step At a Time
Our lives are frittered away in details. Simplify. Simplify. —Henry David Thoreau People say that what we’re all seeking is a meaning for life. I don’t think that’s what we’re really seeking. I think that what we’re seeking … Continue reading
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What I Learned From Being Dumped By My Best Friend
We lived in a small town/semi-rural area when I grew up and I was fairly isolated from other kids except for school. The first picture was of me in seventh grade…one of my happiest years of late childhood. I had … Continue reading
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Don’t Be Afraid of Detours
Last week we talked about Life As a Shared Adventure: Life doesn’t always go smoothly, and it’s a lot more fun when we think of it as an adventure rather than complaining because things aren’t going our way. In … Continue reading
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The Courage to Be Confused. The Courage to Be Patient.
I’ve never been lost, but I was mighty turned around for three days once. —Daniel Boone At the moment I can identify with this rat in the maze…I’m exploring new territory and expanding my mental map of the world of … Continue reading
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Stepping Out of the Stress Trap
Preparing for the holidays is a great time to practice our stress-management skills. It’s easy to slip out of our optimal stress zone into being overly stressed…where we feel frazzled, waste energy in nervous tension, and lose our effectiveness. I … Continue reading
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Letting Go of the Monkey Trap
For every problem under the sun, There is a solution or there is none. If there is one, try to find it. If there is none, never mind it. —Anonymous Like many words of wisdom, the above poem is easier … Continue reading
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An Example of the Stress Trap?
Last Monday Ronni Bennet at Time Goes By described a nightmare trip home on an airline. The whole tone of her post was just the opposite of yesterday’s post here. It was primarily complaining about the airlines. I suppose I … Continue reading
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