“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” ~William James
Have you ever been in a situation where you felt your world was ending? When the stress was overwhelming and you were so miserable, all you wanted to do was wallow in it and growl at the world from underneath the bed covers?
Or maybe you worry about things that might happen in the future. Do you see a minor accident on the road and have those flashes of imagining that your partner or your child died in a car crash?
Does your imagination crawl in horror over how you might survive such a terrible event?
Or maybe your cousin has had a stroke and you wonder if it runs in the family and you’re next.
Do you wonder how you would cope if that were the real situation? Do you think that you have resources and strategies you need to get yourself through the crisis?
My coping mechanisms were severely tested recently. Here’s my story and what I learned about gratitude and coping with stress
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