How to cope when it’s time to say goodbye

When a person you love dies, it’s natural to feel sorrow, express grief, and expect friends and family to provide understanding and comfort.

I can’t remember a time that I was not in love with music. I think that music can be therapy for what ails you. Music will pump me up when I need a little energy to get those toilets cleaned or the floors scrubbed. Music makes exercising more fun and motivates me–I usually sing and dance my way through all my daily chores.

Like many of you, we receive emails forwarded from computer to computer, state to state, country to country. Some are funny; some are beautiful photos with equally beautiful music; some are advise. Rarely do we know who penned them. Sometimes I imagine an unidentified face, sitting at the computer much like myself, taking the time to write the words, or create the powerpoint.

In Stress Part 1: Categorize that Stress we pointed out some unhealthy ways that we manifest our stress, from addiction to drinking to smoking to emotional outbursts. And we showed you how most stress management techniques fall into 4 categories: Alter, Avoid, Accept, or Adapt. In Stress: Part 2, we’ll discuss some healthy ways to manage and relieve the stress in your life.

Are any of these items moving? Or are they perfectly still? The picture below is used to test the level of stress a person can handle. The slower the pictures move, the better your ability of handling stress. None of these images are animated – they are perfectly still.