Giving Thanks
Carolyn Dickman, Education Director - Midwest Center for Stress and Anxiety
The Wednesday before Thanksgiving I was sent the following:
• If you have food in your refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep...
you are richer than 75% of this world.
• If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace...
you are among the top 8% of the worlds wealthy.
• If you woke up this morning with more health than illness...
you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week.
• If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation...
you are ahead of 500 million people in the world.
• If you can attend a church meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death...
you are more blessed than 3 billion people in the world.
• If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly thankful...
you are blessed because the majority can, but most do not.
I do not know who to credit...I was blessed to receive it. I hope you are too.
Happy THANKS-giving,
Carolyn
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"The Midwest Center is committed to providing the individual with cost and time efficient cognitive behavioral based solutions - solutions that foster strength, character and self-empowerment."
DON'T PANIC!
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Accept the feeling, it can't hurt you. |
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Give yourself permission to feel anxious. |
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Don't over-breathe. Breathe slowly through your nose. |
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Calm yourself with positive self-talk. |
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Let go. Just float and flow. |
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Distract yourself, it is only anxiety. |
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Use the adrenalin in a positive pursuit. |
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Don't let a bad day scare you. |
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Let time pass. IT WILL GO AWAY. |
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