How to stop having ProblemsWritten by David Parton
How to stop having Problems If you are like me you have probably lost a lot of sleep over many problems that arise in your life. Sometimes, problem seems too huge. I become immobilized by fear. That leads to procrastination and guilt for my inactivity and Presto! My stress level goes through roof. Just thinking of word "problem" is enough to raise my blood pressure. That is 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 in 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 slay Boogeyman under 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? Make right choice. Choose to view it as a challenge.
| | Success found in the wrong placesWritten by Terry Dashner
Faith Fellowship Church…PO Box 1586…Broken Arrow, OK 74013…Pastor Terry Dashner…918/451/0270Again in words of Henry Petroski, “All success of engineering as far back in history as pyramids and as far into future as wildest conceptions of mile-high skyscrapers may be imagined to have begun with a wish to achieve something without failure, where ‘without failure’ to engineer means not only to stand without falling down but also to endure with what might be called ‘structural soundness.’” Consider Egyptian pyramids. The pyramid shape is an extremely stable one. Maybe in time past, idea of a pyramid shape was realized when someone let a fist-full of sand drain from one’s hand to ground, forming a neat, little, pyramid shape. Thus was born idea of mimicking shape, shape that resembles mountains, by building a pyramid. And certainly one could argue that pyramid shape is, indeed, a strong and lasting shape because ancient ones still stand in Egypt. Yet, in same breath, it must be argued that it took more than pyramid shape to secure its longevity. It required engineering design that was, at time, one of mostly trial and error. This brings up an interesting point. Success, if 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 beyond state of art.”
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