How Do You Respond To Stress And Hard Times?

By Kevin (Shooting the Breeze)

This past week was not a very good week for me.  On Tuesday afternoon I had a pallet of drywall land on my foot.  One word: OUCH!  Thankfully nothing was broken but it hurt and it still hurts!  Thursday morning, I found out that I have Type 2 Diabetes.  This was not the news that I wanted to hear.  Then to top off the week, later that afternoon the window on our van was smashed by vandals.  Ugh!  I felt like Alexander from Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.

I have a confession to make.  I don’t deal well with stress and hard times.  My first reaction is to fall apart.  I begin to think negative thoughts.  I begin to shut down and all I want to do is crawl into some hole and stay there.  I know … not very healthy!  Unfortunately, this past week I experienced all these symptoms.  Again, it was not a very good week for me. 

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