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Mar
30

Have you ever heard this saying:

“Learning to love yourself is the greatest love of all.”

This is one of the most important things in life: to get to be happy with yourself. Almost impossible at young ages, loving yourself can be your gate to happiness, if you manage to find the key to it.

How many times, as a teenager, have you though that you hate the way your hair looks, that you hate the fact that you don’t have white teeth like the movie stars, or that you cannot sing like a nightingale? Too many times perhaps.

Don’t envy other people for what they have or for what they are. Think what they had to do to become that person, or to have those things. Are you willing to do the same? If you do, then just start living your dream. If you don’t, find yourself another dream and leave other people alone, as you don’t need to live their life in order to be happy.

If you feel miserable, just get yourself a cat. Cats can be very good stress relieves, they are too good to be true. And they never treat you like you were a second rate human being. They treat you just like you were any other cat, but a bit bigger.

If you are in pain, think of the ones who are in bigger pain than you do. Only imagine lots of people caring for aging parents and having to endure all the misery of seeing their mind getting worse day after day, without any reversal possibility. Yes, we are all going to either die too young or to end up just like our old parents, but it still hurts seeing them losing their minds.

Mar
25

Did you know that stress can be managed? Or did you know that you are subject to stress every single day of your life?
When you wait in line at the post office, you are subject to stress. When you wait one hour for the bus, you are stressed. When your kids do some naughty things at school and the teacher calls you, you are stressed. When you try to determine your partner to stop drinking, you are stressed. When you look at ten Coach bags for about one hour then buy none, you are stressed

And I’m not mentioning here the major sources of stress like divorce, or your partner’s death, or unemployment, or serious illness. These can have a major impact on our health, if we aren’t strong enough to get over them and continue our life.

What you can do to avoid stress? Simple:

1. Know that it exists. Be aware when you are nervous or anxious, and try to visualize a solution to your problems. There is always a way out.

2. Don’t think too much. Always choose action over thinking. You’ll be more relaxed afterwards.

3. Rest well. Sleep enough, eat several times a day and give up half of the coffees you use to drink.

You’ll see how good you’ll feel if you take one thing at a time, and don’t panic for all details. And life is full of details, you know?

Last but not least, a friend of mine just told me that her method of getting rid of stress is to go for a colon detox procedure every year. I’m not sure how that can help her be more relaxed, but she knows best.