The Rushed Factormanic's dance
The Rushed FactorHurried,
rushed and stress filled lives can hurt us inside & out.
Why it's important to ditch it, avoid it & more importantly
- how to heal the rush factor that you live
now - A free self help place w/ self assessments, tools,
inner exercises to try
- all to create a happier, healthier, more at peace -- less rushed
By L Terhune
Let your life be light -
packed with only what you need;
A house,
someone you love who loves you,
a few friends worth the name,
a dog, a cat, a bird,
enough to eat and drink,
enough to wear,
and a few simple pleasures.
- Jerome Klapka
It seems that with each year that passes, more and more people become more and more rushed. There was a time when life was a great deal more simple, and the stress of being in a constant hurry was really not of too much concern in regard to our health. Today, it would seem that people are hurrying and yet falling behind. The strain to catch up leaves many frustrated. There is simply not enough time and that feels to many, a helpless situation.
Our bodies are not made to be in a constant rush. Research suggests that people who 'suffer' from the 'Rushed Factor' - that chronic feeling that there is never enough time - may be at risk of increased heart disease, high blood pressure and even certain forms of cancer. This struggle with time can cause chronic anger, depression, resentment, bitterness, and even sudden heart failure. If one's heart, blood pressure, temperament, general health, or mental health is already poor or weak, then just imagine what adding the Rush Factor can do to their health!
Research tells us, (and we may already know this on a logical level), that freeing your life from impatience is a must before we can truly be in good health, fit or even maintain a healthy relationship. Impatience is a byproduct of the hurried life-style. Impatience is a negative stress, which happens when one feels a sense of frustration or helplessness and in constant need to change those 'facts.' This impatient, negative, rushed life can then certainly have one truly believe he or she is, for the most part, a victim. Think about that string of logical thought. Is this not true?
The occasionally rushed person is not what we are addressing here. A little bit of healthy stress well placed can even benefit health. But the body and mind chemicals that can and are affected, (some 1.500 of them). change and may lead to exhaustion of mental and physical energies, and increased susceptibility to diseases. The Rushed Factor in our lives are not often thought about, yet vital to evaluate within our lives.
Self -Assessing Your Personal 'Rush-Factor' Levels
What may be very upsetting to you may not bother someone else in the slightest. The way to self-assess your 'Rush Factor' is really more in how you respond in day to day little irritants. The first step, (and the most important as well), is to answer to yourself some of the following questions. After you have done this, you will be able to ask 'other' questions of the same nature. By asking yourself these questions on a daily basis, you will begin to train yourself to look out for your weaker points, rush area problems and specific stresses. Hopefully, the exercise will soon become internal, reflex and completely natural.
Questions to Self-Assessing Your Personal 'Rush-Factor' Levels
Now then,
honestly answer the following SIX (6) questions. There's no one watching, no scores, no good or bad
answers - just as long as you are honest - 100 percent honest with
yourself.
Why do this, you ask?
Why give these six questions consideration, thought, honest and a moment of my
time? You will see the reasons - but bottom line, the point - what
is important is your health, your total wellness and also important - preventative
medical benefits that can add years to your life, (happy years), and make you a
much happier person for all those extra years of life!
1. You have missed an appointment, (with your doctor for example), and your automatic first response and feelings inside are what? All
right then...
Do you respond to this minor irritant by feeling a 'OOPS' feeling and then looking up the telephone number for your doctor and giving him a ring?
Or, Do you respond with a sudden tight jerking feeling in the pit of your stomach...and a
panic?
Or, Are your first reactions to yell out at yourself or curse or have an angry reaction perhaps even blaming someone else?
Those answers may be extremes to some
readers - to others, not so much! If the example answers look extreme to
you - give it a moment and think about where in the extremes above - in
those levels do you rate yourself?
NOTE:
Now that you are award of how to answer the questions, just the circumstances will be asked.
2. How do you react to deadlines?
3. The constant interruptions of your child as you attempt to talk on the phone or take a rest?
4. At work, you are trying to accomplish what the supervisor requested, but, your telephone
has been and is ringing off the hook?
5. You were supposed to be home an hour ago, have dinner ready and in plenty of time to go
to the gym...but, you are stuck in a traffic jam and to top it all off, the weather is horrible!
6. An acquaintance is telling you a story, or you are attending a lecture and the one who is speaking, is doing so extremely SLOWLY! They are just one of the many who talk at half-speed!
To top matters off, he or she repeats the word, "O K" after every few sentences!
Okay - by now you have the idea.
Did you figure out that a good goal for you may be to recognize any 'over-reaction' and to reduce or eliminate it? To train yourself to "not" react so seriously, to stress out so often and so much? It's funny ---- but when you begin to recognize the "over-reactions" - you will begin to slow down the rush! Really.... You slow the reactions, the stress - the quick to wig-out over "not very much" - and all the rushing you do in your life - will begin to slow down... Wow, the two are connected you say? Yep!
An excellent place to start:
Your Self-Assessment Score is Too High
Take
any situation above or create one of your own that makes you stressed out or
feeling rushed and steaming. Think about it - get into the feeling.... Okay....
Now, visualize - in detail - and think
What is the absolute worst most horrid thing that could come about from any the situation you just created. Visualize the worst happening and even what happens after that - and that...
Think about the outcomes, the situation - how you feel in it now.... How it is effecting you now... how comfortable or uncomfortable you feel now...
The more intense your reaction with this exercise , the more vital it is to work on it!
Take question number one for example. (the missed appointment rush)
This situation, like the others, is really logically a rather minor irritant to most. You got tied up in something else, forgot... you know that it happens to everyone in life - it's not unheard of!
Now ask yourself this question:
What is the worst possible outcome here? Yes, go through this in your mind, step by miserable step. You must make yet another call to the doctor and it's embarrassing - imagine that... Tell him what you need to - face the music.
The
worst here???
(A worst case story about the missed/late appointment
- read on - is it logical, will that really happen - if so, so what?)
When you do phone him, he reacts is an irrational manner. He begins to firmly and coldly 'tell you' that he cannot put up with missed appointments from you any longer. He would not be billing the insurance or writing this session off-instead, he will charge you ...the bill is as good as in the mail. He then informs you that you will not be able to see him anytime this month because he has serious patients who have already made appointments and they keep them! Finally, he warns you that if this ever happens again, you would not be one of 'his' patients. He simply cannot neglect other patients by scheduling them at a later date only to make room for your appointment that you more than likely will miss! SLAM! He hung up without a goodbye!
Within two days, your bill arrives and it is for $180.00 for the missed appointment and an added $60.00 for a private phone call session - what nerve! You haven't even even told your spouse yet! When your spouse comes home, SURPRISE - she/he informs you that his boss must cut down business expenses and he could either work part time for the next few months and hope to return to full time later (with no guarantees) or he/she could look for another job with a good recommendation.
What this really means is that all of your savings will be spent in just paying for the basics.
Okay, great - now you must tell your spouse your bill / doctor news - and on top of his job issues to boot! You tell your spouse and when you do, you got into a raging fight! You can't believe their reaction to the news -- but the fight continues... and then....... SMASH!!! You break your special ornate gold - hand painted heirloom cake plate your grandmother gave you before she died! You explode now! You blame your spouse and your spouse has 'had it' with you and your doctor and your bills and everything!
A divorce is his/her best solution! Your spouse tells you that you pack up your stuff -- and they even begin to pack stuff for you... You are leaving --- he/she screams, this very night!
Where do you go? It's a heartbreak, but really, you are just so mad and it is just so embarrassing! If that's not bad enough, the local newspaper's snoopy reporter who lives next door, see you with a suitcase and a sleeping bag surrounded by a lot of your personal stuff thrown all around the yard and all around you! Kindly he asked you what was wrong.
You, being VERY upset, answer him with all the details - you just shoot them off - fast, one after another -- you didn't think - you just wanted someone to talk to - talk at. Little did you realize then, but your story would be in the special interest section of the next day's news paper! The header was terrible, the words - cutting - the shame, immense!
To make matters worse, your husband hunts you down where you are now staying, (in the gutter next to the supermarket in the bad area of town) and threatens to sue you for all you have. You don't know why, you don't understand, but you believe him/her! They go on and on about owing you nothing out of the marriage - you getting yours in the court soon.... You realize that they mean to hurt you because you slandered their good name, reputation and did it all for the press - for the "world to see"
Get the drift? Assess situations that are time bombs in your life and risks to your health, think of the worst - not the "typical" or more reasonable worst, but the out of the realm of possibilities worst, (which is pretty unlikely to happen, right?). Got worries... get started, give it your worst and feel your best when it is over.
Give your life some thought and begin to train yourself to think before your body reacts -- ask, "Is this small and normal situation worth all of this worry, stress and dread?" "Is spending time in stress and worry going to help the situation or really just make me feel worse with no outcome other than to drive me nuts?"
Think.... "Has this situation ever happened to anyone in the world that you know or know of ... since your life began? If it has - did that person or persons dealing with this situation like yours get passed it? Did they survive? Did it all work itself out in the end and the worry was not even necessary? Did life go on for them? If so, did this ruin their entire life to the point that they could not enjoy the rest of their life in happiness because of this horrible like situation they have gone through....
No
matter how together others around you seem to be
- it is all an illusion
- Just because they are not showing you their worry,
doesn't mean they are fine, great, perfect
and you are flawed, in trouble and a failure.
All people are all flawed and all have issues that come up - They deal, they know you deal ... They go on - knowing that tomorrow or the next day - things will be fine again.... they know you will be fine again and that you are going through something that you will barely remember in a couple of years (or less).
People get stressed, nervous, angry... and they deal, they move on... they live and forget... And to stop and worry and stress and blow things so out of proportion so much that you can barely function -- is just not worth it. You are worth taking the time to just calmly think it all through, relax - see it in reality, not reactionary... deal... move on
You
also know this: You will someday be helping someone else see this
concept while they are stressed, worried, defeated and rushed... And
you'll barely recall how bad you felt when you reacted to life's upsets...
You'll think about what a waste of your precious feelings, your time, your
precious life moments and most of all - the happiness you could have felt - but
now you can, you think it through - you are no longer a reactionary - upsets
are no longer "life's endings"
Energy: Good Guy/Bad Guy?
Rushing and in a constant hurry may
seem to increase your overall energy. Your energy level may already be very high and this additional energy won't be considered at all.
The next step for you is to recognize the normal highs for you and see the
"reactionary" or stressed or rushed highs - know the difference.
All this high energy from rushed living is stress-driven and can even fool you by putting on a face of 'I can do it all in a
snap' - 'I can do it all' -- 'I am fine'. But really, you are just used to it
like that -- so used to it that you live it - you think it is all
"YOU"
Your physical energy is high and you feel as if you had an endless resource of power. . Impatiently you push yourself to get as much as possible down while in this 'wonderful' state of high! YOU DON'T EVEN STOP FOR A MOMENT TO REALLY THINK THIS THROUGH because it feels normal - not upsetting, just normal and really okay! In fact, this pace - this living in the 'fast' lane may even be a good sort of feeling at times. However, one morning you will wake up and find that you are emotionally and physically on the edge and you are now completely burnt - out and thoroughly exhausted. Your immune system is at an all time low and you get sick a lot... You ignored it all - the things you needed to see, deal with and then move on ... They are there, the more noticeable and easy to stop and deal with "anger" "upset" sort... but so are the ones that are so well hidden by your norm that they never got dealt with - never seen, never noticed.. and so stuck in you and built up in you and bringing you down... those stressors that are hidden, are those that are not upsetting or angry producing - but those that are left to deal on their own - those that have kept you in that fast and rushed zone and those that took your perceived "okay" and showed you the hard way what the "not so bad" stressors can really do..
Now, even simple day to day duties are overwhelming. What once did not really bother you too terribly much, is a tremendous bother. Family or friends that try to help out by lending you some advice, are seen as being critical put-downs. You begin to feel as if the whole world is on your shoulders and you are responsible for too much,
you have too much to do and others want too much from you and DARN-IT, you are
a 'victim' in life and have the right to expect others to feel badly for you as well. Sound far off? It's really not. Think about it for a few
moments - really, honestly think about it.
Okay
then........ Let's move on ..... enough of that!
Why not set a few healthy goals for yourself today? Not big ones,
(don't start now!)
You know the benefits and the dangers of ignoring it or even denying the Rush-Factor in your life and so, you don't ignore it and you don't deny it - you deal.
If your honest assessment above had areas that showed themselves to be weaker, harder to deal with or uncomfortable - it's time to shoot for a better way and tell yourself that your goal is to do so! Replace tense-energy, over-reactions and hurried living with a calm-under-pressure, controlled, peaceful state and deal.
Now that we have covered the nuts and bolts of this topic and you have recognized your level of rushed and stressed-endued lifestyle factors, set
more goals and establish the importance of changes, it's time for some solutions.
Some solutions will take some time to work
out in your life. When we get used to reactionary positions and negative
reactions, (and practice them for years without even knowing it), our brain believes
that those reactions are "you" and your brain will do what it knows.
So, train it differently, it's never too late -- tough, but when you are finished,
you will be thrilled!
It's
important --- extremely important, as this will tend to change your outlook on life and your auto-automatic
habits and turn them around to be automatic in the opposite direction, the
positive one! Know this however, know that this will take a little bit of work and a good deal of personal
commitment. It is hard to tell your brain it is doing the opposite that you want
it to be doing... it is programmed wrong and needs to do this new thing from now
on... A mind that is well trained with years and years of practice knows who
you are, knows how to be and to tell it now after all this time that the
opposite of what it knows to be true is really true - can be a tough one (in the
beginning)
You're worth that though, right?
When you use self-talk and hear yourself saying things that are negative and reactionary, simply replace the tense energy and negative thoughts with a more optimistic presence and a deep sense of well-being and physical stamina.
Reread
the above two more times.......
Okay
- move on........
This is an
example of the OLD thinking in your old rushed life......
"I
hate this stupid situation,
I'll never finish this.
I'll blow it, they will get mad again!
I have a stupid headache,
I wish this day were over...
Damn, I forgot the paperwork,
I am so stupid! I need a list, no,
I need to pick up the package at the post office before it closes...
My husband should be doing this -
why did I tell him I would do it?
He is so lazy and he knows I am stressed.
Life sucks"
Stop
yourself as soon as you begin to hear yourself
tell yourself any of the stuff above,
as soon as possible - stop it and breath and then...
reverse it gently. think of this situation and reverse it ...
retrain your brain...
Don't worry about being EXTREME or a little bit unrealistic,
(you were that way when you were in the bad place)
.... you trained that way... say it all, big and small, let it rip!
Okay
now...Reword and make positive! - tell your brain this is what you
really feel.. let it go and say...... (example)
"Wow, what a sudden situation that I didn't expect - welcome, I am ready!
Bring it on, I am in a great mood - I'll finish this and the extras that would
really impress, no problem - I can do this easy! Once I blew things - back when
I got stressed and over-reacted to this sort of minor stuff - but today, I know
it's just a bump - an interesting little bump that I will most certainly grow
from, learn from and maybe laugh over later! I was born for this day, it
is so beautiful - so I have some extra stuff - keeps my busy and helps others --
just look at how beautiful the day is - that makes everything perfect today busy
or not! Oh dear, I forgot the paperwork I wanted to bring with me today - oh
well, it was only backup in case I forgot the things I wanted to say in the
presentation... but I am so prepared, I know this stuff, I'll ace it - I don't'
need the papers - I am too good to need that special aid anyway! I am really
smart... knowing my stuff so well I don't need special notes or aids... Not a
lot of people can pull this great work off like I can... I am a brain! The post
office is on the way home - I can get the package then, it will be early still.
If not, I have extra time tomorrow and will be near the post office again - so
not a big worry. I am just glad I can help out my spouse - he/she works really
hard, loves me to death and always does stuff like this for me - gee, I love
him! Life is great, where is my new CD, I've got to sing big concert in my car
on the way home... I feel the dance inside me and I love it - love life - love
me!"
Do this over and over every single time you need it, feel the old creeping in... never skip it, take the time to do this EACH time.... You will accumulate a mental and a physical reserve that can last and last. Reword - revise - reply -- with a better ending!
Okay then!
Now - try this: Start now - right now - start to notice all the positives around you -- all those things you take for granite... you don't feel thankful for and maybe should... Beautify, family, friends, health, spring flowers blooming --- just see, list, make mental notes of ... all the great in your life - do this several times a day - and it too will be natural - you will naturally begin to see the beautiful and wonderful things you love - automatically!
HEY LOOK NOW!
What is this? There are some great things that are happening in your life directly due to your new lifestyle... vitality...creative intellect and great feeling for life - wow, you can see it! All of the sudden you just stop and realize that hey - you really do feel better, more energy in a good way, happier... life is good most of the time, not good hardly ever.... You can recall your misery and see your happy -- each day you practice your new techniques, your life becomes all that that you practice --- what you trained your brain for... what you took the time to make positive ... wow, feels good huh?
'Rush-Factor' Life!
Fast
Fixes for those (normal) times when you.....
Okay
- so you have the techniques that will change your life -- but what about
"those times"? What about those few weak moments that you are feeling
rushed, tense, stressed, hurried, irritated and / or defensive and you just
can't help it?
Does that mean you failed after all the work you put in?
Does that mean you need to begin again, start all over and so lose ground?
Am I weak, stupid, bad at this stuff --- slipping - WHAT?
It's normal stuff - don't worry about it. You have been training your
brain and your brain, a very intelligent organ that works miracles we'll never
fully realize - remembers all that training and is storing it - remembering it -
using it to form your new thinking - (wow). Just jump back on the wagon as soon
as you can and start the training again!
You are not perfect, no one can be blissful or thoughtful all the time. Humans - imperfect and able to get caught in the heat of the moment or the bad situations that "get away" from our techniques! Since you are human, there is really nothing to 'forgive' but if you need to (and you know yourself) do it! Do it at that very moment - and move on! The key is to......
Not beat yourself up at all, not even a little... tell yourself that this is normal and even helpful for growth! Tell yourself that you have been doing great .. this situation is not a setback - but a strength for the future.. it's all a normal human being human!
So
- this feeling rushed, tense, stressed, hurried, irritated and/or defensive crud
comes at you? What to do......... Well, try this after you have gone over
the reasoning above...
1. Stand up tall, straight - top of head toward ceiling -- legs slightly apart
and firm on the floor... like a solider standing proud. Take a slow - deep
- thoughtful breath in through your nose --- easy now... hold it a
moment... Now, let it out slowly, through your mouth.... not
rushed... slowly...... Think about the breath - only the air -- hear it, feel
it, let your whole mind be there in that moment fully. Repeat this but while breathing
in, raise your arms up slowly as you slowly breath in through your nose and
raise them toward the ceiling. Hold your arms straight up and you hold your
breath -- slowly bring arms down as you breath out slowly. Repeat this 3 or 4
times.
2. Now... Slowly lift up your shoulders toward your ears - way up -- go as far as you can and then hold it still... (shrug). Hold it for 30 seconds. (breathe - don't forget that) Then slowly and totally relax all of your muscles in your neck and in your shoulders and across your chest and your upper back area. Slowly rotate your shoulders clockwise and then the other way... Feel your neck relax, your arms, your chest.... Slowly bend over and reach toward the floor -- hang there for a few moments - breathe... Slowly stand up breathing deeply and (if you are in a place where you can make noise), - IN - slowly raising arms above your head and to the ceiling... and on the exhales, let out a big loud 'Ahhhhh' - a relief "ahhhh" Repeat this a couple of times, then do it over and use "Ooooos" - loudly - let it go like it's been stuck in there for a while... With every exhale, feel the tensions just melt away from your body and all of the inner pressures flood out of your mind and body. Allow them to escape, almost effortlessly. Feel how great it feels to let go, rather than hold them inside and allow them to build and cause such bitterness and discomfort. This easy solution can have a triggering effect and the relaxed feelings will move all throughout your body! Ah, Healthy!
3. If you have no time to deep breath and stretch and chant a bit.... and you feel too stressed to do that anyway... Chew! Chew gum, carrots, celery - crunchy foods (good for you stuff is the best choice of course). Chewing these crunchy foods is a natural stress reliever - so chew away, let the food have it and the stress will seep out with each chew!
4. Make some de-fuse spray! Take one-half cup (1/2 c) of vodka (or vodka infused w/ vanilla -both work)... and mix it with 6 drops of natural essence oils -- choose one or two, (mix or not) and combined total six drops (i.e., 2 of one and 4 of the other or all 6 of one and none of the other and so on). Lavender oil - Chamomile oil - yang yang (I like 2 lavender w/4 chamomile best - but they are all nice - try a new combo the next time around!) Add about two tablespoons of H20 to the mix.... pour the mixture into dark bottles with good seals. Store in a dark place, like a closet, for 3 days. To use - put into a mister or small spray bottle and use on your neck and / or wrists - and just a dab below the nose - when ever you are feeling heated, stressed of overwhelmed.
5.
Have a "crash training session" - Make some time - time where no one
is going to bug you for at least 1 1/2 hours... at night. Gather some good stuff
you'll need:
3
cups of Epson salts (can find in grocery stores)
1 cups of sea salt, (or table salt if you have no sea salt)
1 cups of powered whole milk
1 cups of finely ground oats
3 drops of lavender essence oil
6 drops of chamomile essence oil
Body
wash or a bar of creamy soap (like Oil of Oley or Dove)
A new loofah sponge - med. sized okay
Optional but nice: Some candles so you can dim the lights or turn them off.
Make a warm bath by turning the facet on and running the first six ingredients listed above through the water as it fills the tub. Have a quiet, dark candle lit room if you can - (nicest) - but for certain, make sure it is un-interrupted alone time. Sometimes I like music, like classic, piano soloists, harps, flutes etc., but nothing with lyrics or distractions. If you don't like or don't have that sort of music to softly play while bathing, just let it be quiet - quiet time is needed in our life to recharge!
Use
the loofah sponge with the body wash or soap and go over all your skin, head to
toe - use small round motions -- circles going clockwise all over, then
counterclockwise -- Med. pressure... It will remove all the dead skin cells,
increase your bodies circulation, relax and soothe you -- take your time - it
feels good! Lay back, relax in this therapeutic bath and slowly do your deep
breathing exercises.... Slowly in through your nose, hold, out through the
mouth... Fill up the tummy with air, then the center of your chest = last your
lungs / upper cheats -- hold, exhale slowly. Concentrate on your breathing, the
sound, the slowness, the depth of the breathing.
Lay back and close your eyes.... breath in and then on
the exhale, say (in a deep loud voice), "oh-mmmmmm" The idea is
to feel the vibrations of the sound you are "chanting". Do this
slowly, as if in a breathing exercise. Concentrate only on this vibration of the
"OM" sound. (You can also use "yummmmmm" - it works too). Do
this slowly and for five to ten minutes, (really!).
Finally, gently massage each foot.. The entire bottom area should be covered with firm deep strokes to reach all of the pressure points that are connected with our body and health. Tell yourself out loud that you are growing, changing, becoming a new, happier, positive and joyful person. Tell yourself how much you love and respect yourself - tell yourself what you do that is great - who you are that you like and that you are doing great. Pour on the gushy stuff, let it out - non one can hear you - just you - the important one!
These
therapeutic baths can work wonders -- try to fit one in when ever you feel you
blew it... when ever you can really -- meditation adds years to your life, makes
you more sound, healthier and much more relaxed. So if you blow it - don't hate
you - renew you with this wonderfully miracle working bath time! (If you
are sick, use Eucalyptus Oil in the water with the lavender, about 5 - 6 drops.
It clears the nose /, chest and it soothes the muscles and helps the nasty
cold/flu symptoms go away)
Remember - When Relaxed ---
When you are relaxing, perhaps in the bath -- in a relaxed state or pondering your hurried stresses, it is pretty common, (even a little more so with manic depressives), to have conflicting and often racing thoughts that are negative or rushed. The natural reaction to this, especially if you are trying to make these positive life changes, is to push them away and/or get upset with yourself for them. Although it is natural and understandable to react and feel these feelings, this exercise is also a reminder that you should NOT fight against the thoughts that you are experiencing. You really cannot force yourself to relax. That's really fighting the fire with fire. Relaxing is Letting-Go of the inner and outer tensions and negative feelings. Pushing them back inside of you, merely postpones your releasing of them and keeps them accumulating. Pay close attention to exactly what you are feeling and what you are thinking and what it is that you are telling yourself. What do you see? What do you hear? How is all of this coming about? Studies have shown that to merely increase your awareness in this manner, you actually become more and more Less Prone to think and feel and 'be' these feelings. Thus, by meeting your feelings head on in a non-judgmental way, you are letting go of these negative build-ups! You Cannot Heal, What You Cannot Feel... Right?
3. What things in your life get on your nerves? Did you assess all of them?
4. Move.
5. Remember the Lilies of the Field?
6. Set your priorities well.
7. Take relaxation times
8. Cut out caffeine and Tabasco
Life is really what you make of it. You have the ability to re-learn the slowing down concept that you were born with. You have the power to make a couple or a dozen changes, or to face feelings or take steps that promote life and health and well-being in you, rather than to get caught up in the Rush Factors of life that can diminish your health and quality of real living and vital feelings. You know what your needs are, now go out there and be well...
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