"When you are broke, tired, sick, sad, angry and stressed it can drive you to the brink, to drink or to the shrink.

Or these things can cause you to think and rethink your options.   It's so vital to your emotional, spiritual and physical health to learn how to cope with your life situations.   Live and learn or you won't live very long. Live and learn so you won't have to repeat the same issues again and again.

Live and learn so you can be free from the shackles of stress and struggle. Live and learn how to change and improve what you can, let go of what you cannot control and have the wisdom to know the difference.

This message was inspired from my own recent upsetting experience of my web site crashing.  I had to remind myself about what I write, teach and believe.  The crashing of my web host server and my web site and the viruses infecting my e-mails was out of my control.   I was almost out of control with stress, heart palpitations, stomping my feet, pulling my hair out, insomnia and spewing words of anger.   My web site was down for more than a week.   I lost files, e-mails, sales and sleep.   This can't be happening right now!@#!.   I had to check myself before I wrecked myself.   I was allowing this computer "situation" to hold me hostage and it was driving me to the brink of my sanity, peace and joy.   "Aren't I the one who wrote the popular book, You are Too Blessed to Be Stressed?," I said to myself. Duh...YES!!!...well let me just stop the ranting and raving about something I can't control right now and go outside for a walk to shake off the stress, count my blessings, change my focus, rethink my options and regroup.

What situations are slamming you up against a wall?   Do you feel like you're sitting in a dark room with no windows, doors or hope?   Are you letting things and people you can't control...to control you?

Stop....here's a hug

now let go....and let God

until further notice, God is in control.

Love and peace,

Jewel Diamond Taylor

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