Doom and Gloom - part II

FEAR!!! ANXIETY!!!  CORONAVIRUS!!!! (Oh No!!!) -  Part II

https://www.success.com/7-tips-for-dealing-with-your-coronavirus-anxiety/

DOOM / GLOOM / FEAR / IT IS THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT!!!

We started looking at this article from Success.Com yesterday.  Let’s finish it off today!!!

The points are:

-1 Lower your stress

-2 Realize that you are NOT helpless

-3 Be logical and not emotional in the fear

-4 Change from negative WHAT IF to a positive WHAT IF

Let’s finish!!

-5 The obvious - don’t follow the panic!!

Many of you know that I don’t have a television.   That can be a problem for many times. I can’t watch football games, I can’t guess the final Jeopardy question, and I can’t incessantly follow the ups and downs of the coronavirus problem!!  

I do have my computer - and I do get WAY-TOO-MANY notes and comments - most of which I don’t read.  

Keep out of the hype of the media and from your friends!!!

(Did you know the Coronavirus was intentionally developed by Chinese to devastate the American commerce and to weaken the United States so badly we become a backward country?  NO - that is false news - turn it off!!!)

-6 Differentiate between possible and probable

It is possible that this virus will kill but 50 people in the entire world in the next six months.  (That might be “possible” but not probable).  

If anything is probable, then whatever I do will have little consequence on the outcome.  If I am such a pessimist to believe some of the stories, then, why am I washing hands and keeping a social distance?  

It is possible that Jesus will come back; it is possible that dinosaurs will roam the earth, it is possible that aliens will attack (think “Independence Day”) - but NOT very probable.

-7 Take advantage of this time!!

Most of us have computers and/or electronic devices (and if you don’t, how are you reading this blog anyway?)

Have you ever said “I wish I could spend more time with my family” or “I wish I had time to read the next great novel by <your favorite author>.”, “I wish I could learn German (or Spanish or physics)”.  DO IT!!!!

I have a friend that hands out wooden ‘coins’ that say “TU IT”.  It is a “round to it” - if you get ‘around to it”, you can learn, you can change, you can spend time in prayer or contemplation.  You can spend time with your family - you can get “around to it” will all those things you have been putting off.!!!

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So, don’t let DOOM and GLOOM get in your way - “Gray skies are going to clear up, put on a happy face” and “So spread sunshine all over the place And put on a happy, happy face”

Hugs to all / love you all / love one another / forgive one another / show mercy!!

Karen