FEELINGS ARE SIGNALS TELLING YOU TO TAKE CARE.
ONE PROBLEM: Feelings send confusing and even false signals.
A SECOND PROBLEM: Feelings want you to act without thinking. Rarely a good idea. When you act without thinking the feeling controls you.
SOME GOOD NEWS: Emotional Fitness Training is about controlling negative feelings.
MORE GOOD NEWS: You already own many of the skills you need to stay strong and in control.
One of the most important skills is to remember what matters. This helps slow down the push to act, and helps you sort out confusing or false signals. To often we fret and worry about the small stuff. What really matters? As all the sages have preached and the researchers are showing is practicing kindness. It strengthens you, it helps another and it moves the world toward peace.
STRESSED NOW? Take a deep breathe in, hold it for a few seconds while you think about what really matters, then breathe out slowly, smile gently and say “Ahhhhh.” Take another breathe in, hold it while you think about all you have to be grateful for, breathe out slowly, smile gently, and say “Thank you.”
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