Simply..in a crisis....

19/8/2024

Don't let your emotions overcome your intelligence.

I don't remember where I read ths. I don't take it to mean you should supress your enotions, but to try to maintina a baalance perhaps. It reminds me of an old slogan by an insurance company - We don't make a drama out of a crisis.

Do you have a saying or motto to help you when the inevitable crises befall you?

Sometimes when I can't sleep only a cup of tea and a slice of buttery toast will do...

9 Comments

Mary R.

19/8/2024 06:30:03 am

My grandmother always said “It will all work out.” I love the insurance company’s phrase. I always have a cup of warm milk with a bit of chocolate in it when I can’t sleep. So soothing and comforting.

Gwendoline

19/8/2024 08:36:59 am

I find "This too shall pass" quite a steadying thought when the world wobbles. Tea is always a good idea. A toasted and buttered tea-cake with it and I'm super-happy.

Jane Fagan

19/8/2024 09:00:25 am

My most useful one is,
“It will seem better in the morning”.
This is particularly helpful when arriving hot and tired in a strange hotel at the end of a long day’s travelling.
Sue L.

Susan inDorset

19/8/2024 12:28:32 pm

Mine are: 'I'm thinking', 'seek information', 'analyse' (I often draw the quadrant: important/not important, urgent/not urgent' and fill it in with everything that's on my mind), 'change one thing', and 'give up' (this last, is temporarily giving up on problem-solving and often, going for a walk/watching a film/listening to something factual on the radio).

Freda, I'm trusting that you keep a notebook and pen by your bed, so that you don't have to hold all your thoughts in your head.

Karen

19/8/2024 11:20:24 pm

It's 'This too shall pass' and maybe a glass of milk for me if it's the small hours and I cannot sleep.
I do like 'Don't let your emotions overcome your intelligence'; emotions can sweep us away in their intensity and often not to a good place.

Sheena

19/8/2024 11:50:08 pm

More inclined towards " It could be worse" to help keep a sense of perspective in times of stress. Things getting better isn't guaranteed but they can always be worse.
Cup of tea and two ginger snaps for me, the only time I eat them.

Rosemary

20/8/2024 05:36:18 am

All things pass, and this will pass too.
Things always seem worse at night.
The only way is forward.
Most things don't matter much; some things don't matter at all.
It will all be the same in a 100 years.

Gaik

21/8/2024 03:44:28 am

The Lord is good. Our refuge in times of trouble. Nahum 1:7

Freda

22/8/2024 12:19:35 am

What great coping strategies and what an interesting read. Thank you so much for your comments everyone .

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