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You can Cope with Worry if You Know Three Things
Website DIVISIONS (Over 600 articles to help you to grow in every facet of your life) Written by Jimmie Burroughs Email to a friend Worry is universal and affects every person on planet earth. We can never get rid of it completely nor would we want to. Worry is part of the body’s warning mechanism for when there is imminent danger or a threat to our safety. It is a needed drive, but the problem occurs when we overcompensate or elongate our worries. “Worry is a special form of fear. To create worry, humans elongate fear with anticipation and memory, expand it in imagination, and fuel it with emotion. Worry…
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Is Compassion the Missing Virtue in Your Life?
Website DIVISIONS (Over 600 articles to help you to grow in every facet of your life) Written by Jimmie Burroughs Email to a friend Is compassion the missing virtue in your life? If so you are missing many powerful benefits. It is certainly one of the greatest tenants of personal development. According to scientific studies, there are physical benefits — people who practice compassion produce 100 percent more DHEA, the hormone that slows the aging process, and 23 percent less cortisol, the “stress hormone.” Wow, that alone is worth learning more about compassion. The Bible has much to say about the power of compassion; the following is just one example: “Praise…
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Understanding and Dealing with Your Feelings
Website DIVISIONS(Over 600 articles to help you to grow in every facet of your life) Written by Jimmie Burroughs – Email to a friend “We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone else can inflict.” -Jim Morrison Feelings are the language of our emotions. Feelings can also be fickle; therefore, we should never put complete reliance in them alone. I just read a technical article written on the emotions and by the time I plowed through all the technical jargon and theories my head was spinning. All we really want to know is how to understand and deal with our…