Yes, I'm in the same place right now! Usually I get like this when I'm too busy, not getting enough sleep, and not eating right...and not spending my normal time with the Lord! Relaxing, prayer, saying "no" a little more and getting proper rest usually takes away the anxiety. I think the firework shot represents your feelings very well! Probably the best thing to ease my anxiety is Phil. 4: ...sister, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. When I do that, consistently, anxiety and fears go right away! As fast as the fireworks fade!
Now that's a cool shot..How did you capture that?
Stress and anxiety~
Clinically speaking, any activity that burns calories and leaves you tired tends to reduce your stress, like running, gardening etc. General exercise.
I would do some physical activity coupled with some rosaries, Eucharistic adoration, and good old fashioned Bible study! Pick that book up and read..something will strike your spirit eventually. Quiet helps a lot
My family (well my wife and daughter) get very tired of hearing this advice, but this is what I believe. I believe that our feelings originate in our thoughts and that no one is in charge of our thoughts but us. If you want to feel less stress and anxiety, you need to quit entertaining stressful and anxious thoughts.
I could write more, but that's it in a nutshell.
Hard to follow Avarel in this area, especially since I find that worry is a doggedly persistent thing and very difficult to shake. I'm afraid I can't be much help in this, except to say remember the faithfulness of God in your past.
For me: Remembering to be faithful to God and others - one day at a time! Matthew 6:34.
PS- the photo of fireworks was shot on a slow shutter speed without a tripod to control vibration. In other words, by a photographer who didn't have a clue!
Tonight I was hurriedly cooking supper and stewing mentally about all the things I didn't get to finish today that seemed to be high priorities this morning. I unexpectedly had to take care of Susannah's little boy today because he was sick and couldn't go to his baby-sitter. On my way home, I picked up meds at the pharmacy for my mother-in-law, and when I delivered them she was telling me how bad she felt and that she was going to stop taking medication that was newly prescribed when she spent four days in the hospital last week with heart problems. And then I found out that Stan is going to work the biggest bunch of cattle we have tomorrow....a long, difficult day and I'm already worrying about him and how he'll get through it in the heat. Suddenly, as I thought, "Why do I have to have all these worries, Lord?" and proceeded to feel very sorry for myself--He reminded me of Matthew 6:34. And those were Jesus' own words. And then I realized (remembered, really) that it is simply lack of faith on my part when I get overwhelmed with worries and concerns and, yes, self-pity for having them. I can't make my grandson or mother-in-law well, and I can't keep my husband from working too hard tomorrow. I can't force my son to want to live his parents' lifestyle, and I can't make it rain (or stop raining!) I can't add more hours to the day in order to get more of the chores done, and I can't be everything to everybody. I CAN do as some of the other xangans have advised: think on the good things (discipline my mind), exercise (discipline my body), pray (discipline my spirit), and count my blessings so that I am reminded of how abundantly they outnumber my worries. Then I will remember that God can and does meet all my needs, in His time and in His way. And looking up that verse in Matthew, so I can be reassured of exactly what it says, leads me on to the next chapter where Jesus reminds me that the Father is eager to give me (us!) good things if I but ask, believing He will. (I just wrote all this to clarify the thoughts that have been swirling in my head the last hour....it's my last sermon of the day!) Hope your mental fireworks have all burned out by now!!!! Love, Janet
Yep. Your picture just about describes how I handle stress.
I come home from a 10-hour day of researching and fixing other people's issues, try to get on the computer to relax a bit when Karla comes in and calls me out to the garage. She shows me the water heater is leaking and, "Oh, by the way, the 'check engine' light is constantly lit on the cherokee now". Add to that the parts, that should've been here 2 days ago, for my car haven't arrived yet. Throw in the doctor appointment I just made today and that'll just about fill up my "day off" wednesday!
I spell relief...S.C.R.E.A.M!!!
Seriously, though I handle stresses like these with a pray up to God, and then either a trip to the fitness center, or I go out for a run. Speaking of which.....laters!
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Yes, I'm in the same place right now! Usually I get like this when I'm too busy, not getting enough sleep, and not eating right...and not spending my normal time with the Lord! Relaxing, prayer, saying "no" a little more and getting proper rest usually takes away the anxiety. I think the firework shot represents your feelings very well! Probably the best thing to ease my anxiety is Phil. 4: ...sister, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. When I do that, consistently, anxiety and fears go right away! As fast as the fireworks fade!
Now that's a cool shot..How did you capture that?
Stress and anxiety~
Clinically speaking, any activity that burns calories and leaves you tired tends to reduce your stress, like running, gardening etc. General exercise.
I would do some physical activity coupled with some rosaries, Eucharistic adoration, and good old fashioned Bible study! Pick that book up and read..something will strike your spirit eventually. Quiet helps a lot
My family (well my wife and daughter) get very tired of hearing this advice, but this is what I believe. I believe that our feelings originate in our thoughts and that no one is in charge of our thoughts but us. If you want to feel less stress and anxiety, you need to quit entertaining stressful and anxious thoughts.
I could write more, but that's it in a nutshell.
Hard to follow Avarel in this area, especially since I find that worry is a doggedly persistent thing and very difficult to shake. I'm afraid I can't be much help in this, except to say remember the faithfulness of God in your past.
For me: Remembering to be faithful to God and others - one day at a time! Matthew 6:34.
PS- the photo of fireworks was shot on a slow shutter speed without a tripod to control vibration. In other words, by a photographer who didn't have a clue!
Tonight I was hurriedly cooking supper and stewing mentally about all the things I didn't get to finish today that seemed to be high priorities this morning. I unexpectedly had to take care of Susannah's little boy today because he was sick and couldn't go to his baby-sitter. On my way home, I picked up meds at the pharmacy for my mother-in-law, and when I delivered them she was telling me how bad she felt and that she was going to stop taking medication that was newly prescribed when she spent four days in the hospital last week with heart problems. And then I found out that Stan is going to work the biggest bunch of cattle we have tomorrow....a long, difficult day and I'm already worrying about him and how he'll get through it in the heat. Suddenly, as I thought, "Why do I have to have all these worries, Lord?" and proceeded to feel very sorry for myself--He reminded me of Matthew 6:34. And those were Jesus' own words. And then I realized (remembered, really) that it is simply lack of faith on my part when I get overwhelmed with worries and concerns and, yes, self-pity for having them. I can't make my grandson or mother-in-law well, and I can't keep my husband from working too hard tomorrow. I can't force my son to want to live his parents' lifestyle, and I can't make it rain (or stop raining!) I can't add more hours to the day in order to get more of the chores done, and I can't be everything to everybody. I CAN do as some of the other xangans have advised: think on the good things (discipline my mind), exercise (discipline my body), pray (discipline my spirit), and count my blessings so that I am reminded of how abundantly they outnumber my worries. Then I will remember that God can and does meet all my needs, in His time and in His way. And looking up that verse in Matthew, so I can be reassured of exactly what it says, leads me on to the next chapter where Jesus reminds me that the Father is eager to give me (us!) good things if I but ask, believing He will. (I just wrote all this to clarify the thoughts that have been swirling in my head the last hour....it's my last sermon of the day!)
Hope your mental fireworks have all burned out by now!!!! Love, Janet
Yep. Your picture just about describes how I handle stress.
I come home from a 10-hour day of researching and fixing other people's issues, try to get on the computer to relax a bit when Karla comes in and calls me out to the garage. She shows me the water heater is leaking and, "Oh, by the way, the 'check engine' light is constantly lit on the cherokee now". Add to that the parts, that should've been here 2 days ago, for my car haven't arrived yet. Throw in the doctor appointment I just made today and that'll just about fill up my "day off" wednesday!
I spell relief...S.C.R.E.A.M!!!
Seriously, though I handle stresses like these with a pray up to God, and then either a trip to the fitness center, or I go out for a run. Speaking of which.....laters!
God Bless!