Exercising Serenity
I met up with a friend for coffee this week. He asked me the following question… ‘How do you cope with situations that are out of your control that are stress inducing? ’ In my last blog post, I talked about making a problem into an opportunity to ‘exercise patience’. In this blog, you could say of any stress-inducing situation is an opportunity to ‘exercise carelessness’. Sometimes, it helps not to give a rats ----! Serenity Prayer God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference. Sometimes we can fall into the trap of caring more about something than what is good for us. Apart from getting addicted to worrying (which releases adrenaline and other chemicals into our bloodstream, so we want more! More worry, please!) we need to find ways to step back emotionally from situations that are out of our control. This is a skill. Like any other, the more you practice it, the better you get at it...