You Choose - Laugh Or Cry
Instead of buying gifts, do something good. Carolyn Schmatz at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, (2008) found that helping others made people feel better than those helped. Help out at a soup kitchen or a hospital on Christmas Day so the staff can spend it at home. Start a new custom. Instead of an office party we took our goodies to the Salvation Army over Christmas.
If all this Season's frenzy gets you down, jot down all the reasons why you feel depressed. Then add all the reasons you have to be grateful. This second list usually will be longer. Do you have a roof over your head? Is your health good? Is there a friend somewhere you could make happier by calling? Do you know of someone who is worse off than you? Except in extraordinary circumstances there are people with far greater reasons than you to feel down.
Do something good. Invite others who might be alone for a game of cards or for a cook- together meal or just pick up the phone and say hello. Go to the local humane society and help out for a day. If someone calls you or invites you or gives you something, allow yourself to accept the kindness unconditionally. This seems the hardest thing for most of us to do. Once you master it, it is a very liberating feeling. It allows you to feel grateful and happy.
Whatever you think of the Holiday Season, it is about taking a break at the end of a year to pause, be grateful for the good things, share and receive kindness and love. Never forget it. Joan Vernikos Ph.D. former Director of NASA's Life Sciences, is a recognized leader in the field of stress management and coping and a pioneer of space medicine. Her extensive research led to the discovery of a revolutionary link between gravity and healthy aging
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If all this Season's frenzy gets you down, jot down all the reasons why you feel depressed. Then add all the reasons you have to be grateful. This second list usually will be longer. Do you have a roof over your head? Is your health good? Is there a friend somewhere you could make happier by calling? Do you know of someone who is worse off than you? Except in extraordinary circumstances there are people with far greater reasons than you to feel down.
Do something good. Invite others who might be alone for a game of cards or for a cook- together meal or just pick up the phone and say hello. Go to the local humane society and help out for a day. If someone calls you or invites you or gives you something, allow yourself to accept the kindness unconditionally. This seems the hardest thing for most of us to do. Once you master it, it is a very liberating feeling. It allows you to feel grateful and happy.
Whatever you think of the Holiday Season, it is about taking a break at the end of a year to pause, be grateful for the good things, share and receive kindness and love. Never forget it. Joan Vernikos Ph.D. former Director of NASA's Life Sciences, is a recognized leader in the field of stress management and coping and a pioneer of space medicine. Her extensive research led to the discovery of a revolutionary link between gravity and healthy aging
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