A few weeks ago our
local Rockford (Ohio) Chamber of Commerce held their annual dinner banquet.
There was a wonderful local band playing before dinner and during the start of
dinner. The food was excellent. It was a very nice evening, where the Business
of the Year, and the Citizen of the Year were honored.
Entertainment is
always provided, and this year we had a guest speaker for the evening. Her talk
was on 'Staying Positive in a Down Economy', I believe was the title. One of
the things I remember from her presentation was, she was talking about how much
stress has increased in the United States over the last quite a few years.
One of the things she
said was, that if we want to reduce stress, we need to focus
on those things we can do something about, and quit focusing on those
things we can't.
It is the focusing on
those things we can't do anything about, or change, that cause a lot of our
stress.
Kind of reminds me of
the Serenity Prayer. 'God grant me the serenity to accept the
things I can not change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to
know the difference.'
It's something I try
and ask myself, (and probably need to do even more often), '"Is
this something I can change or do something about?" If it is, then I need
to do it. If it's not, I need to let it go, and focus on those things I can
change or do something about.
What
about you? Could you reduce some of the stress in
your life if you only focused on those things you could do something about, and
let go of the rest?
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