Stress is a killer
About ten years ago I had a heart attack brought on by stress. These are the steps I used to help myself heal: 1. I made a list of the things causing me stress. 2. Every time I got upset or angry over a specific situation, I wrote it down and included it in my list. 3. I examined each item on my list and categorized it as: a) something that can be resolved via an action by me; b) something over which I had no control; c) something that time will resolve. 4. The items that were the things that could be resolved by taking action were categorized by the least stressing to the most stressing. 5. I worked on resolving one issue at a time. I started with the one that required the littlest effort and went from there. This list is never-ending. There will always be something that gets added on with resolutions that require time, money or emotional expense. 6. The stresses over which I have no control, I pushed aside thinking I would come back to them after I had dealt with all the more pr...