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ticket. Let?s say I do get the ticket. The event is done and over with. Yes, I?ll have to pay the fine and deal with points on my license, but the actual stressful event is finished. JUST RELEASED! Now say I get back home and call a friend and tell her about my experience. I recall the police lights in my rearview mirror. I recall the moment when the officer tells me I won?t be getting a warning this time. My heart again is racing. Then another friend calls. I retell the story in detail and am again flooded with the feelings of anger, fear and frustration. I?ve now experienced the stressful event three times. ?Don?t Wor r y. Be Happy.? By Feat u r ed Col u m n i st El l en Wood Don?t worry?!! Easy to say ? hard to do. Yep! However, worry causes harmful stress, which is the number one aging factor and it?s a primary heart attack villain. When we accept things as they are, we give ourselves the gift of returning to the present moment where we can actually effect change. Many of us have very strong habits of worry or replaying stressful events in our minds, which is why we need a handy reminder to help us choose how to respond. For me, it?s putting sticky notes where I?ll see them, that say: Something good will come of this or It is what it is. Or just: Don?t worry. Be happy. But if we pull the covers off worry, poof! There?s nothing there. There?s no actual physical threat or pressure. It?s an imagined future potential which may or may not materialize. We mull over what could happen and that puts us in a continued stressful cycle and keeps us from being happy. All for nothing ? because what we?re mulling over isn?t actually happening. Worry takes us out of the moment, where peace is available. When we?re in a state of peace, we can deal with real threats and pressures as they arrive. Another way we invite more stress into our lives is by continuously replaying in our minds The truth is, we have a choice in how to respond when we think about a potential threat or a dreadful situation that has already occurred. Besides the practice of saying, Something good will come of this, one statement I heard years ago has really helped me to reclaim my power in the fall-out of a stressful incident; saying: It is what it is. Accept it, then act. When we?re caught up in the stress we?re less able to act in solution-based, life-giving ways. We become paralyzed and as a result, often make matters worse. stressful events that have already happened. I know I?m not the only one whose heart races when I see police lights behind me. Oh no, I?m over the speed limit! I?m probably going to get a Page 14 Ellen Wood of Questa is an inspirational speaker and award-winning author of the series of books, ?The Secret Method for Growing Younger,? available on Amazon. She is also the author and a contributor to ?LATE BLOOMERS: The Movement ? Literary Gems by Taos Boomers in Their Prime. Her website is www.howtogrowyounger.com. Contact Ellen at [email protected]. Page 15 Whet her you?re 9 or 99, everyone has t he power t o magical l y get t hat t hey want ! This Book has everything you need to know for your entire family to create! Mary Petto LOA Speaker & Coach PortableVisions.com