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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
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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].
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