Middle of the Night Stress

Written by Kate Hufstetler


What do you do when you wake up inrepparttar middle ofrepparttar 123064 night and cannot go back to sleep? Do you lie there tossing, stretch, panic, and feel your heart thumping? Do you notice your own shallow breathing? Do you try futilely to followrepparttar 123065 random speeding thoughts that race through your mind?

Back in 1991 I met an elderly man inrepparttar 123066 grocery store. He must have been around 87. Approaching my cart, he leaned in and said “young lady would you like to know how to get to be my age?” To which I answered “sure”. He then went on to explain that since he had been my age and out on his own, never once did he ever spend a sleepless night in bed. If he should have trouble dosing off, or worse—wake inrepparttar 123067 middle ofrepparttar 123068 night, he simply & promptly got up out of bed and got busy about living.

At 22 I was not inrepparttar 123069 habit of having trouble falling asleep. No—in fact my trouble was choosing to go to sleep when there was always so much fun to get into. Now at 35, I fully appreciaterepparttar 123070 words this man offered to me. In my case, rarely is a sleepless night caused randomly. However, nights like that have occurred to me as well.

Here are some suggestions of things to do —should sleep evade you. 1) Have a cup of herbal tea and read a relaxing book to start your day… or before trying sleep again. 2) Have a cup of coffee and read some motivational literature to jump start your morning. 3) Put on music, or a spoken word tape / CD if necessary to shut offrepparttar 123071 chatter in your mind. 4) Take care of any physical symptoms that are bothering you—headache, upset stomach, heart burn. 5) Take action on any issue on your mind- --- you can write out an action plan forrepparttar 123072 next few months, weeks, days, hours ahead (break it down into manageable chunks) this will help you to feel like you have control by having a plan and thereby not giving up on yourself andrepparttar 123073 issue. --- you can organize any materials that might pertain to that area of life. --- read information onrepparttar 123074 topic—becoming informed sometimes has a calming affect. --- put in any direct effort to moverepparttar 123075 situation along possible. Biterepparttar 123076 bullet so to speak—takerepparttar 123077 action you have been delaying. 6) Do something else productive aroundrepparttar 123078 house. Find something you can do without bothering others that will free up your day time later. If you get stuff out ofrepparttar 123079 way at night—you can spendrepparttar 123080 daytime addressing any issue that has your sleep disturbed.

The Infinite Passion of Life

Written by James Clayton Napier


The Infinite Passion of Life by James Clayton Napier

A single improvement is often enough to produce far-reaching consequences in one’s fortune. – Max Gunther, The Luck Factor

For most of usrepparttar prospect of a invigorating beginning in a new Location, a fresh start in life — re-energizes us. It brings about a feeling of what I call that let-out-of-school feeling.

“Why is this let-out-of-school feeling so important to our emotional health and well-being?” you may be wondering (I hope you are!).

Becauserepparttar 123063 ability to notice and appreciaterepparttar 123064 beauty that surrounds us--no matter our location or vocation in life--is vital. A change of scenery or pleasant, much-anticipated diversion from our usual pace is often justrepparttar 123065 ticket to make that occur. Appreciation allows life to pour more of itself [life energy] into us. “The moment we fully appreciate beauty we become more than what we were (it lightens our greed),” Roberto Assagioli wrote in his book Psychosynthesis. “We live a moment of pure psychological health."

“Full consciousness brings joy,” author Wayne Amos wrote many years ago. “One ofrepparttar 123066 mysteries is thatrepparttar 123067 universe contains innate joy. Once you open your senses to anything--a sunset, a waterfall, a stone, a blade of grass--the joy comes.”

Ready For Sightseeing?

“We are departing forrepparttar 123068 skies. Who has a mind for sightseeing?”repparttar 123069 poet Rumi asked.

The skies here are notrepparttar 123070 “friendly skies” a certain airline has encouraged us to fly, butrepparttar 123071 skies of imagination.

A bit of wispy daydreaming wedded to commitment on our part and, before you know it, you’re on your way--to your new home; a new location, new city, new job, new friends, perhaps even to your Paradise vacation spot or favorite retirement destination.

Before chucking it all, selling everything you own or packing it into storage and heading out torepparttar 123072 open roadrepparttar 123073 poet Walt Whitman referred to, ask yourself (as I have), “What do I want for myself in this new moment?” (Janet Rainwater).

Life, I’ve found, does have a pesky way of asking you WHAT YOU TRULY WANT AND DESIRE and it wants YOUR reply. My own experiences have shown me that life wants: a crystal-clear answer from you--”Yes, this is it! This is what I want to be, do, and how I desire to enjoy my remaining time here.”

If your answer is, “I’m not sure,” then I suggest you close your eyes and daydream. First, try envisioning what an ideal day would be like for you. Write down, and be very specific, about what you envision.

When you do this, you are departing forrepparttar 123074 skies within.

Faith and Confidence in Your Future

All of us care about financial security. Money allows us to say “Yes” to ourselves and to new experiences in life. It is a bit costly to sample many of life’s delights (here and abroad), isn’t it?

Money, however, has no idea what we think OF or ABOUT it. Money is neutral in that sense. So, wherever you move--or even if you stay in your present location--your feelings about money (your scarcity and abundance consciousness quotient) will determine, even in Paradise, whether or not you feel you are financially secure.

Dr. John Diamond’s (Your Body Doesn’t Lie) wonderful affirmation, “I have faith and confidence in my future. I am secure,” is worth taking along with you wherever you go.

Security: A Place Within

I’d like to share with you my personal favorite definition of security:

“Security is not a place of ideological stability but a direction inspired by curiosity.”

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