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No really, give it a rest – whatever “it” is that might have you preoccupied or obsessing, thus taking you away from positive action and relationships.
caret initio et fine
(It lacks a beginning and an end)
1. Combine physical and mental action together to remove your mind from “it”.
Such as horseback riding, running, swimming, working out, meditating – concentrate on your breathing.
2. Make a concerted effort to remove “it” from all conversations.
Such as gossiping, sharing, creating imagined scenarios, or bringing “it” up.
3. Stop reviewing, re-reading, snooping into or otherwise finding ways to look into “it”
Such as visiting locations repeatedly, reading, viewing or re-hashing the event as those actions only serve to bring “it” into the present.
Whatever your “it” is, chances are the event itself is neutral and your reaction to “it” is emotional. Help yourself keep it neutral by choosing NOT to grow “it” out of proportion.
And that, my friends, is how to NOT make a mountain out of a mole hill.
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