Tepee vs. Wigwam<\/b><\/p>\n
A man went to his psychiatrist and he said, \u201cSometimes I think I\u2019m a tepee and sometimes I think I\u2019m a wigwam.\u201d<\/p>\n
The psychiatrist said, \u201cYour problem is you\u2019re too tents.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Bell, the Clapper, and the Cord: Wit and Witticism, (Baltimore: National Federation of the Blind, 1994), p. 80<\/p>\n
18 Proven Stress Reducers<\/b><\/p>\n
1. Don\u2019t rely on your memory. Write down appointments, when to pick up the laundry, when library books are due, etc.<\/p>\n
2. Get up 15 minutes earlier in the morning so you don\u2019t start the day feeling frazzled.<\/p>\n
3. Keep a duplicate car key in your wallet.<\/p>\n
4. An instant cure for most stress: 30 minutes of brisk walking or other aerobic exercise.<\/p>\n
5. Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant with the weak and erring, for sometime in life you will have been all of these.<\/p>\n
6. Say \u201cNo, thank you\u201d to extra projects you don\u2019t have the time or energy for.<\/p>\n
7. Set up contingency plans–just in case, \u201cIf either of us is delayed,\u201d \u201cIf we get separated in the Mall, here\u2019s what we\u2019ll do\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
8. Put brain in gear before opening mouth. Before saying anything, ask yourself if what you are about to say is 1 True, 2) Kind, and 3) Necessary.<\/p>\n
9. Stop worrying, If something concerns <\/b>you, do something about it. If you can\u2019t do anything about it, let it go.<\/p>\n
10. For every one thing that goes wrong, there are 50 to 100 blessings. Count them.<\/p>\n
11. Learn to live one day at a time.<\/p>\n
12. Every day, do at least one thing you really enjoy.<\/p>\n
13. Don\u2019t sweat the small stuff.<\/p>\n
14. Laugh!<\/p>\n
15. Remember that the best things in life aren\u2019t things.<\/p>\n
16. Add an ounce of love to everything you do.<\/p>\n
17. If an unpleasant task faces you, do it early <\/b>in the day and get it over with.<\/p>\n
18. Do one thing at a time.<\/p>\n
Source unknown<\/p>\n
Fishing Boat<\/b><\/p>\n
A fishing boat sank in rough, cold waters off Vancouver Island, leaving two men in a life raft tied to the sinking boat by a nylon rope. Neither had a knife to cut the rope, and had the ship sunk, it would have pulled the boat and the men down with it. For an hour, the two men alternated chewing the rope, Minutes before the ship sank, the men finally chewed through the rope and survived. <\/p>\n
The State Journal-Register of Springfield, Ill, quoted in Parade, December 31, 1995, p. 10<\/p>\n
Nervous Wreck<\/b><\/p>\n
Q. What lies at the bottom of the ocean and twitches?<\/p>\n
A. A nervous wreck.<\/p>\n
Health, Canada<\/p>\n
Quotes<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 How much have cost us the evils that never happened! – T. Jefferson<\/p>\n
\u2022 Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all others thoughts are drained. – Arthur Somers Roche<\/p>\n
\u2022 The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety. – George Mueller <\/p>\n
Focus of <\/p>\n
An average person\u2019s anxiety is focused on :<\/p>\n
\u2022 40% — things that will never happen<\/p>\n
\u2022 30% — things about the past that can\u2019t be changed<\/p>\n
\u2022 12% — things about criticism by others, mostly untrue<\/p>\n
\u2022 10% — about health, which gets worse with stress<\/p>\n
\u2022 8% — about real problems that will be faced<\/p>\n
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