How to stop having Problems

Written by David Parton


How to stop having Problems

If you are like me you have probably lost a lot of sleep overrepparttar many problems that arise in your life. Sometimes, repparttar 129248 problem seems too huge. I become immobilized byrepparttar 129249 fear. That leads to procrastination and guilt for my inactivity and Presto! My stress level goes throughrepparttar 129250 roof.

Just thinking ofrepparttar 129251 word "problem" is enough to raise my blood pressure. That isrepparttar 129252 true power of words! What you put in your mind has an immediate effect on your metabolism. The mind and body are not opposites; they have always been inseparable parts of one amazing organism: You!

So, problems get inrepparttar 129253 way of positive constructive action. Problems seem bigger than you. They can be ugly and mean and so distracting. You could pass up wonderful opportunities to enjoy yourself because you are too wrapped up in your troubles. You may be living a dark future that probably won't happen. The present moments slip by unnoticed and that's not a good thing!

It's time to stop having problems. It's time to slayrepparttar 129254 Boogeyman underrepparttar 129255 bed! How do I do that? Well, if you are willing to invest a little mental discipline, there is a very simple technique to follow.

Here it is: Whenever you find yourself dwelling on some difficulty in your life, ask yourself: Is this a problem or a challenge? Makerepparttar 129256 right choice. Choose to view it as a challenge.

Success found in the wrong places

Written by Terry Dashner


Faith Fellowship Church…PO Box 1586…Broken Arrow, OK 74013…Pastor Terry Dashner…918/451/0270

Again inrepparttar words of Henry Petroski, “Allrepparttar 129246 success of engineering as far back in history asrepparttar 129247 pyramids and as far intorepparttar 129248 future asrepparttar 129249 wildest conceptions of mile-high skyscrapers may be imagined to have begun with a wish to achieve something without failure, where ‘without failure’ torepparttar 129250 engineer means not only to stand without falling down but also to endure with what might be called ‘structural soundness.’”

Considerrepparttar 129251 Egyptian pyramids. The pyramid shape is an extremely stable one. Maybe in time past,repparttar 129252 idea of a pyramid shape was realized when someone let a fist-full of sand drain from one’s hand torepparttar 129253 ground, forming a neat, little, pyramid shape. Thus was bornrepparttar 129254 idea of mimickingrepparttar 129255 shape,repparttar 129256 shape that resembles mountains, by building a pyramid. And certainly one could argue thatrepparttar 129257 pyramid shape is, indeed, a strong and lasting shape becauserepparttar 129258 ancient ones still stand in Egypt. Yet, inrepparttar 129259 same breath, it must be argued that it took more thanrepparttar 129260 pyramid shape to secure its longevity. It required engineering design that was, atrepparttar 129261 time, one of mostly trial and error.

This brings up an interesting point. Success, ifrepparttar 129262 story is completely told, comes not through former success but current failure. I agree with brother Petroski. We learn more about what works in engineering (and life) from failure of a structure than we do from its longevity. Petroski says, “No one wants to learn by mistakes, but we cannot learn enough from successes to go beyondrepparttar 129263 state ofrepparttar 129264 art.”

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