Daily Gratitude: Take a moment to think about this. How often have we made some problem worse by constantly thinking about it, or trying to “figure it out”, or wonder why it would happen to us, etc? As they say “people in glass houses”… i do this way too often. Instead of saying “ok this is the problem. These are the resources I have. This is what I can do to solve this problem.”, i sit around and worry about it, therefore not accomplishing one single thing and the adversity is (to no one’s surprise) still right there in front of me. Why? Because I haven’t thought about it objectively nor have I taken any action. How many times have you felt poorly or had something physically bother you yet you haven’t called for a doctor’s appointment. You’ve just continued on spending a good part of your day (and night) conjuring up all sorts of scenarios with your vivid imagination. Then what happens? Usually you start to feel worse. And you certainly don’t get a lot done in your life while you’re worrying. I think we don’t realize the resources we have within our grasp and that’s another reason we don’t solve our problems in a timely manner. It would help to take an internal inventory of our resources starting with your resilience. Another thing that would help is the practice of asking others for help. I bet you’re cringing when you read that. But it is an important skill that we aren’t taught. In fact, we’re taught the opposite. But just think about how good you feel when you help others. Wouldn’t it make sense that it’s nice to allow others that same joy and good feeling by helping you? Think of all they could learn by helping you through the adversity. Adversity in your life? Face it and work on it don’t brood about it. Ps I know there are things that happen that really suck and do so for a long time. This is not a Pollyanna approach. I just want to encourage you to spend your energy on the solution not the worry.