I work with the mentally ill & am the only child to a parent with Dementia/Parkison's & a host of medical ailments CHF & the like- I FEEL YOU SISTER. I have alot of tools
that I use to help me cope with the high level of Frustrations that I am exposed to.
I love quips & Quotes-also like affirmations they help calm me down-MEMORIZE em
so they can be available when you NEED em.
1) To handle yourself use YOUR head, to handle others use your Heart.
2) Only when it gets dark enough can you see the stars (there's beauty in every situation some just require a good set of field glasses)
3) Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new (Einstein)
4) Chance favors the prepared mind.
5) Fire Warms & Burns.
6) He who lives by emotion lives w/o principle (Nee)
7) Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by stupidity.
8) The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter what side their
on.
9) Don't Cross the stream to find water & always drink upstrem from the herd.
10)The Way Up and The way Down are the same.
11) Get yourself some upbeat music
12) Bubble bath is cheap & works wonders
The value in using quips- is that when the Mouth is Open the Brain has to shut down.
When you get angry you give others control over you. Be determined not to let others steal your joy by their remarks, or actions. The only thing that is more of a waste of time than anger is self-pity.
An unarmed man can only flee from evil & evil is not overcome by fleeing.
Be your own cheerleader: I bet you got 3 GOOD qualities-write em down & focus on em.
ALL you can do is all you can do, & all you can do is enough (even if it's not it still all you can do). You can't save the world or fix everything so quit trying & learn to do one thing & do it well. It's ok to be sad every once in awhile but there's no need in getting mad about it, & don't let yourself stay there long.
Choose to be happy & die Trying I mean there's only 3 answers to any problem. Give In, Give Up or Give it all you got, the rest is clutter. Unclutter.
Learn the difference between Need & Want.
Life it too short to wake up w/regrets (Keith Richards) So Love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones who don't. We get a another chance tommorrow. Life is not fair-but it's still good. Agree to Disagree.
If we threw all our problems in a pile & saw everyone else's we grab ours back. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up & show up--pretty soon it gets to be a good habit.
When you get REALLY MAD SAY "
Horsefeathers" (it always makes me smile-& its hard to be mad & smile).