Talk With Friends Often
When you are feeling down, talking with friends helps a great deal. Friends lift your spirits, support you, improve your self-confidence and relieve stress. Friends make the dark days bright and sunny days. Lift people and compliment them on their achievements. Talk to people in the rest home and help them lift their spirits. Try to find humor in things and make people laugh, as laughter is the best medicine. Go for a drive with a close friend, stop at a park and have some coffee together, go to a store and buy something you have wanted for a long time and enjoy each other’s company.
Read Books
Read books that have a happy ending. If you love to read about history, read history books. I like to read travel books and plan where I might want to go next year. You can escape for awhile while you are reading a good book. Read inspirational books, devotionals, and the bible, as they inspire you to see the bright side. Some people like to read fiction books or romance novels. Read the readers of your choice and escape for a little while.
Remember, There Is Always Someone Worse Off Than You
Remember that someone else is battling much more significant issues regardless of your problems. Feel blessed to have a roof over your head, food, family, and good friends. If you have health problems, they are minor compared to someone else fighting for their life daily. God bless you and yours with good health.
Cooking And Baking
I like to bake things in my oven and create new dishes. I love to make casseroles. I baked some apples and sprinkled the top of them with cinnamon. I cook many vegetables from my garden, such as green beans, Swiss chard, salad turnips, and baked butternut squash and potatoes. Baking and cooking can be very relaxing, and you have something extraordinary to eat when you are finished. You will most likely get compliments from your family if you prepare some of their favorite dishes.
Relax, Unwind, Walk, And Send Cards To People
Take an afternoon nap and re-energize yourself. Please write a letter to a friend and let them know you are thinking about them and I guarantee that will lift their spirits and make you feel better. If you are stressed out from work, take time and do not feel bad about it. Go for a walk, even a short walk, as exercise is proven to help relieve stress, elevate your mood, and relieve tension. Go for a walk with a friend and notice birds, leaves, cars, houses, etc.
Focus On God
God wants what is best for his children on earth. Pray to God without ceasing, and God will take care of things in his time frame. God helps us with problems, knows us inside and outside, and knows all of our thoughts and what we need before we even ask for his blessings.
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