मुज़फ़्फ़रपुर एक घटना या सरकारी उदासीनता

बड़े दुःख की बात है हम 21वी सदी में है और चांद पर पैर रखने वाले है। लेकिन जो भविष्य है, आज भी बेमौत मर रहे है किस वजह से वह भी एक मामूली सा बुखार से जिसकी रोकथाम में अहम योगदान जागरूकता का भी हो सकता है। हर वर्ष जब एक ही समय में सालों से यह दस्तक दे और सरकारों को यह भी पता हो कि इसकी जागरूकता से इसपर काबू किया जा सकता है फिर सरकारे ऐसा लगता है सोई रहती है इस तरह के किसी बड़ी घटना के घटने के इंतजार में।

हम सभी को पता है कि कुपोषित और कमज़ोर शरीर में बीमारियों का आक्रमण आसानी से होता है। दो भोजन के बीच 4 घंटे से अधिक के गैप से कमज़ोर शरीर और अधिक कमज़ोर हो जाता है। ऐसे में इस तरह के बुखार आने की सम्भावना बढ़ जाती है। "इसके आक्रमण से 4-6 घंटे में सर में एक द्रव्य जमा होने लगता है जिससे मस्तिष्क पर प्रेशर बढ़ता है और वहाँ से होने वाला सारे शरीर का कंट्रोल बंद होने लगता है।" यह किसी रिपोर्ट में पढ़ा था।

शरीर में बुखार से पहले सोडियम कम होता है। नमक में सोडीयम है और चीनी में शुगर जो घरेलू ओआरएस का घोल है जो वास्तव में यही घरेलू और प्राथमिक उपचार है। ऐसे में यदि किसी भी बुखार पीड़ित को प्रारम्भिक उपचार मिले तो वो या तो ठीक हो जाएगा या फिर अस्पताल ले जाने तक वह जीवन से लड़ता हुआ पायेगा।

यह समस्या क्या और कितनी बड़ी है, हम इसमें कितना योगदान दे सकते हैं यह सोचने के साथ साथ सहायता करने की भी जरूरत है। सवाल उठता है की हमें करना क्या चाहिए? सबसे पहले तो अभी चल रहे सारे प्रयास जारी रहना चाहिए चाहे वो सरकारी हो गैर सरकारी हो। हमें यह मानकर चलना चाहिए की हर घर सेवा पहुँचाना सम्भव नहीं है लेकिन सरकारी मदद की दरकार अवश्य है जिसके बिना यह संभव नही। ऐसे मामलों में जागरूकता बढ़ा रही संस्थाएँ सबसे अधिक कारगर होंगी जो ऐसे मामलों में सबसे बड़ी वजह भी होती है तो हमे लोगों में बीमारी और उससे बचने की सूचना पहुँचा कर जागरूकता बढ़ाना चाहिए। हम लोगों को बताएँ की नमक और चीनी नामक रामबाण इलाज उनके घर में ही है। वो बच्चों के खाने के बीच अधिक समय का गैप न दें। खुली और साफ़ हवा देकर या गिली पट्टी कर बुखार को बढ़ने से रोके। साफ़ सफ़ाई का ध्यान रखते हुए मरीज़ को जल्द से जल्द अस्पताल ले जाएँ। जगह जगह पर्चे बाँट कर या लगाकर भी ऐसा कर सकते है। छोटे माइक लेकर लोगों को जमा कर उन्हें रिकॉर्डिंग सुना सकते हैं या नुक्कड़ सभा कर जागरूकता फैला सकते हैं।

ऐसे में यह भी ध्यान रहे की हम कोई ग़लत सूचना न फैलाएँ। UNICEF की टीम वहाँ काम कर रही है और वे लोग 2012 से ही इस पर काम भी कर रहे हैं। तकनीकी बातें वे बेहतर समझते है।

शुरुआती दौर में सोने के बाद प्रशासन अब क्रियाशील हुए है इसकी कई वजहें हैं जैसे सवयंसेवी संस्थाओं, सरकार और मीडिया का दबाव। प्रशासन को सहयोग करना सभी स्वयंसेवी संस्थाओं का काम है और वो कर भी रहे हैं।

हमें हमेशा यह ध्यान रखना चाहिए की सीमित संसाधनों के रहते अचानक से आये महामारी को सम्भालना आसान नहीं। याद करिये जब अचानक से दिल्ली में डेंगू और चिकुनगुनिया के मामले बढ़ने लगते है तब यही विश्वस्तरीय दिल्ली उसको संभालने में नाकाम दिखने लगती है। सरकारों द्वारा संसाधन को जनसंख्या के अनुपात में नही बढ़ाने और कारगर तरीके से काम नही करने का दोषी अवश्य ठहराए जाने चाहिए। ये ग़लत समय और मौका होगा की डॉक्टर या अस्पताल पर सवाल उठाने का, क्योंकि उन्हें जो मिलता है उसी संसाधनों में काम करने होते है यह सरकार की जिम्मेदारी बनती है कि एक ही समय हर वर्ष एक तरीके से आपदा एक ही क्षेत्र के आस पास दस्तक दे तो यह उनकी जिम्मेदारी बनती है कि इसके बारे में जनता के बीच जागरूकता फैलाये और अस्पताल में उसी तरीके से तैयारी किये जाय। मेरी समझ से डॉक्टरों को दोषी ठहराने से हम उनकी कार्यक्षमता को और कम करेंगे। हमें उन पत्रकारों की भी भर्त्सना करनी चाहिए जो बिना ICU में जाने की तैयारी किये बिना माइक लेकर डॉक्टरों से सवाल करते है। उन्हें डॉक्टरों से सवाल के विपरीत अस्पताल प्रशासन या सरकारी तंत्र से ये बाते पूछनी चाहिए। इसको पत्रकारिता तो नही ही कहेंगे यह कुछ लोगो के लिए साहसिक काम लग सकता है लेकिन यह उससे बड़ा मूर्खतापूर्ण कार्य भी है।

हम सरकारों से सवाल तभी पूछते है जब ऐसी घटनाएं होती है। चाहे मुजफ्फपुर में AES (Acute Encephalitis Syndrome) से हो रही मौते हो या गोरखपुर में हो रही मौते हो या दिल्ली जैसे शहर में डेंगू या चिकुनगुनिया से हो रही मौते हो। हम कुछ दिनों बाद सब कुछ भुल जाते है तो सरकारे भी भूल जाती है। जबकि यह सारे मुद्दे तबतक जीवित रहने चाहिए जबतक इसका पूर्णरूपेण समाधान ना हो जाये। यह सारे मुद्दे कही ना कही स्वास्थ्य, पर्यावरण और कुपोषण से जुड़े मुद्दे है जो हमारे चुनावो में ये मुद्दे नही होते है। अब समय आ गया है कि ऐसे मुद्दे उठाए जाएं और बार बार उठाये जाय।

नया साल मुबारक 2016

आने वाला समय नए साल का स्वागत और पुराने साल की अच्छे से विदाई कहने का वक़्त है। यह समय है पुराने समय की अच्छी बातो को याद करके उसके सहारे आगे बढ़ने की और बुरे समय को भूलने। यह समय है जीवन में कुछ नयी शुरुआत करने का। नया साल हमेशा सबके लिए कुछ ना कुछ सन्देश ले के आता है। हम सबको इस बात को समझना चाहिए जो कुछ भी गलत हुआ पिछले साल में उसके पीछे कोई ना कोई वजह रही होगी और उन गलत बातों को भूल के आगे बढ़ना चाहिए।

नए साल की शुरुआत लोगो को नए साल की मुबारकवाद से करे। साल २०१५, साल २०१६ के लिए बाहें फैलाएं खड़ा है और हमसे कह रहा है उठो, जागो, देखो और सीखो पिछले साल की गयी गलतियों से और नए साल का स्वागत करो नयी खुशियों और उम्मीदों से।


एक पुरानी कहावत है "हमे उन बातों पे रोना नहीं चाहिए जो बीत चूका है और हमे खुश होना चाहिए की ऐसा हो चूका है"। ये उसी तरह से व्यर्थ है जैसे ज़मीन पर बिखरे हुए दूध पे रोना। आप बीत गए समय को कभी वापस नहीं ला सकते लेकिन आप उसमे सुधार तो अवश्य कर सकते है। नया साल नयी ऊंचाइयों को छूने का है नयी शुरुवात करने का है। आये शपथ ले किसी की मुस्कराहट लाने का, किसी को खुशियाँ देने का। इस तरह आप दोनों खुशियाँ देख पाएंगे अपनी अपनी जिंदगियों में।

इसीलिए नया साल जैसे ही अपने आने की घोसना करे सबसे पहले आप अपने करीबियों को नए साल की मुबारकवाद दे और उन्हें बताएं आप उनसे कितना प्रेम करते और उनकी आपकी जिंदगी में क्या अहमियत है।

इन्ही शब्दों के साथ आप सभी के लिए आने वाले साल में धन, बल, सुख और शांति की कामना करते है।
जय हिन्द, जय भारत।

Creative Tension and Time

Whenever we do any creative work, the tension in this process is a creative tension, not a destructive tension. Such tension does not adversely affect our health. There is no era in human history when man has remained free from tension. We should not fear tension unless it eats our heart. The truth is that creative tensions produce energy from us. After all our body needs right blood pressure from circulation.

This much blood pressure is necessary. We have to take tension in this manner only. Without tension our energy cannot raise heights. Work is very necessary for us, very necessary. If there were no work or if we could not complete a work, it will cause us more tension than caused by workload. We should not to be afraid of tension. We should to learn to handle it. A task can be completed by doing not by thinking.

Often it happens that whenever we start paying attention to our health, our minds regards it as wastage of time, we think that the time we are giving for our morning walk or exercise or yoga is being wasted and we can do something worth while during this period. One who does not care about his health, is bound to fall sick at regular intervals. If a person at more than his capacity and capability, he will certainly fall ill. This is the law of nature and nobody can suspend it. A beautiful Arabic saying, “One, who has health, has hope and one, who has hope, has everything”.

The culture we live in is fast and it is getting faster every passing year. Most of our achievements are evaluated on the basis of speed. The basis of evaluation today is ‘what is the speed, without even caring about consequences.

Speed is necessary, but this speed should not exceed the limits. Every work has a certain speed by which it should be done, and we should not exceed that speed. Our speed should not be more than the required speed, nor be less. Speed should not be related to financial gains, but to human values. But today’s speed is beyond both.

We become victims of speed and we lose our mental peace. We make our nervous system week. We become confused due to rashness. We are not content to get all the things but we want them instantly. Remember that this rashness becomes a significant reason of the wastage of our time.

Creative Tension and Time

Whenever we do any creative work, the tension in this process is a creative tension, not a destructive tension. Such tension does not adversely affect our health. There is no era in human history when man has remained free from tension. We should not fear tension unless it eats our heart. The truth is that creative tensions produce energy from us. After all our body needs right blood pressure from circulation.

This much blood pressure is necessary. We have to take tension in this manner only. Without tension our energy cannot raise heights. Work is very necessary for us, very necessary. If there were no work or if we could not complete a work, it will cause us more tension than caused by workload. We should not to be afraid of tension. We should to learn to handle it. A task can be completed by doing not by thinking.

Often it happens that whenever we start paying attention to our health, our minds regards it as wastage of time, we think that the time we are giving for our morning walk or exercise or yoga is being wasted and we can do something worth while during this period. One who does not care about his health, is bound to fall sick at regular intervals. If a person at more than his capacity and capability, he will certainly fall ill. This is the law of nature and nobody can suspend it. A beautiful Arabic saying, “One, who has health, has hope and one, who has hope, has everything”.

The culture we live in is fast and it is getting faster every passing year. Most of our achievements are evaluated on the basis of speed. The basis of evaluation today is ‘what is the speed, without even caring about consequences.

Speed is necessary, but this speed should not exceed the limits. Every work has a certain speed by which it should be done, and we should not exceed that speed. Our speed should not be more than the required speed, nor be less. Speed should not be related to financial gains, but to human values. But today’s speed is beyond both.

We become victims of speed and we lose our mental peace. We make our nervous system week. We become confused due to rashness. We are not content to get all the things but we want them instantly. Remember that this rashness becomes a significant reason of the wastage of our time.

Indian natural herb Tulsi to fight back swine flu

Ayurveda, the traditional 'science of life', has a remedy for diseases when every other stream of medicine fails. Now, at a time when swine flu is spreading like wildfire across the world, Ayurveda has the remedy in the form of the miraculous herb, the basil leaves commonly known as Tulsi.

Tulsi, the purest and most sublime plant, has been known and worshipped in India for more than five millennia for its remarkable healing properties. Considered as an 'Elixir of Life', this wonder herb has now been claimed to keep the deadly swine flu at bay and help fast recovery in afflicted persons.

"The anti-flu property of Tulsi has been discovered by medical experts across the world quite recently. Tulsi improves the body's overall defence mechanism including its ability to fight viral diseases. It was successfully used in combating Japanese Encephalitis and the same theory applies to swine flu," Dr U K Tiwari, a herbal medicine practitioner says.

Apart from acting as a preventive medicine in case of swine flu, Tulsi can help the patient recover faster.

"Even when a person has already contracted swine flu, Tulsi can help in speeding up the recovery process and also help in strengthening the immune system of the body," he claims.

Dr Bhupesh Patel, a lecturer at Gujarat Ayurved University, Jamnagar is also of the view that Tulsi can play an important role in controlling swine flu.

"Tulsi can control swine flu and it should be taken in fresh form. Juice or paste of at least 20-25 medium sized leaves should be consumed twice a day on an empty stomach." This increases the resistance of the body and, thereby, reduces the chances of inviting swine flu," believes Patel.

As its name suggests, Tulsi has again proved to be the 'the incomparable' medicine - this time, in the prevention and cure of swine flu.

The symptoms of the H1N1 flu virus in people are similar to the symptoms of seasonal flu and include fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. A significant number of people who have been infected with novel H1N1 flu virus also have reported diarrhea and vomiting. The high risk groups for novel H1N1 flu are not known at this time, but it's possible that they may be the same as for seasonal influenza. However, Please consult a practitioner in case of any such symptoms. Doctors have strictly advised against self medication.

Note : It is just the information distributed for the sake of people who are suffering from the deadly H1N1 flu virus. Writer is not authenticate that it will cure after taking any such implementation in the life. Writer is also advised that in any case of suffering from H1N1 flu should the person contact the qualified doctor as soon as possible.

The benefits of Surya Namaskar (Good Morning SUN)

Better pray to the Creator rather than the created things.

When you believe that AIR is there without seeing it - the same way believe in the One & Only Creator and not its innumerable created things. Each created thing is created for its specific purpose which it is doing like man created for his worship and he has to worship him ONLY and not his created things.

It tones up the nervous system and improves memory & produces health, strength, efficiency and longevity. It promotes sleep and calms anxiety,refreshes the skin and prevents Skin disorders as well.

It is a religious ritual, actually scientific reason is that during morning when sun is red and the temperature is low, due to low temperature the atmospheric gases composition becomes in such a way that it absorbs negativity from the rays coming from sun to earth.This more positive rays are being received by our fore head generates more positivity in our body.

Calculation for Success

All of us appear to measure success differently. I asked family and friends and they wondered if success is linked to:

. Our level of satisfaction

. Our level of happiness and consciousness of what we are and what we have

. Having security in regard to lifestyle -- shelter, food, clothing and leisure -- both now and in the future

. Fulfilling our creative energy and deeper purpose

. Our optimistic attitude and positive energy, which attracts more of the same, which we call "good luck"

. Remembering where we have come from, what we feel we are, and where we are headed

. Capability to listen, to learn and to love

. Capability to influence and motivate others around us

. The sharing of inner feelings with family and/or friends

. Having trusted companions

. Knowing what we have achieved and what we are likely to achieve on the basis of our present trajectory

. Our perception of our relative position

. Being renowned amongst our peers for our domain specific expertise

. Role(s) and responsibilities

. Societal standing and display of status symbols

. Feeling liberated

Also, we may prioritise the different threads which make up success in our own way. What are your measures of success? Do they make you happy?

If success, satisfaction and happiness are linked, why does our modern society make success reductive and measure it often in terms of excessive accumulation of money, power and glory, which may not deliver satisfaction or happiness?

What is beauty?

What is beauty, and how do we find it?

We live in a culture where feeling beautiful has a profound impact on one’s self-esteem and self-confidence, particularly for women. This culture would have us believe that there is a particular “look” that is beautiful, namely thin, young, and blemish-free.

The Dove advertising campaign has helped to shed light on the many ways that the advertising industry promotes this unrealistic view of beauty. There is a constant message that if you are not perfect, you are not quite good enough; you are not really beautiful.

Statistics reflect the impact of these messages: 80-90% of adult women dislike their bodies. 15% of women say they would sacrifice more than five years of their lives to be thinner, while 24% say they would sacrifice up to three years of their life. 81% of 10-year-olds are afraid of being fat, 78% of 18-year-old girls are unhappy with their bodies, and the number one wish of girls 11-17 years old is to lose weight. 51% of 9 and 10 year-old girls feel better about themselves when dieting, and 9% of 9-year-olds have vomited to lose weight.

The natural process of life seems to be a problem. Anti-wrinkle creams and botox treatments abound. There are millions of diet products, shakes, and nutrition plans designed to help you shed unwanted pounds. It is as if we constantly need to fight against our bodies and their natural processes in order to achieve the desired beauty, the desired “perfection.” This constant focus on what we are not or what we should be eclipses the beauty of who we are.

When we struggle in this way against our bodies and ourselves we are setting ourselves up for pain and misery. When we focus on what we should be or how we should look, we live with a constant state of fear and dissatisfaction.

What if beauty was more expansive then we think? What if everyone was beautiful simply because they exist?

We can learn to see beauty in everyone and everything, regardless of how closely they fit culturally-dictated standards of desirability. When we learn to see beauty in ourselves and the world around us, we discover that we are more than enough. We no longer have to live with a sense of inadequacy or shame; we no longer have to live wishing that our nose was smaller, our stomach flatter, or our hair fuller. We can begin to live from a place of peace, knowing we are beautiful simply because we exist.

Sometimes, however, finding the beauty in ourselves can seem like a herculean task. We are constantly being exposed to messages that we should be taller, shorter, thinner, fitter, wealthier, etc. It is a constant practice of returning to ourselves and affirming with compassion “I am beautiful; I am radiant; I am divine.”

We can soar on the wings of eagles, but we must learn to love ourselves first.

Happiness about to be pure

Beyond the high speeds of those imaginary particles we describe
and much further than the field of infinite potentiality of the new verse,
there lies a most shy, omnipotent, innocent and inexplicable joy.
Let’s make believe, like little girls playing at serving invisible tea
that we are hearing this music unheard, and dance, just dance

Bring along the so-called sins and other deviations that spice up the rhythm
yes why not, also the sac of virtues and credits you can spare.


Let’s dare to be absolutely naked in this purity so insane
that it can only be seen in moments of silence and then forgotten,
like sacred oaths unspoken

Pour the cups of non existing tea and share with each other this instant
our little girl hands so poised and elegant as they pour and serve,
the inebriating nothing tea that lies hidden, in the shyness of the explosion

Beyond the accelerated particles of our imagination, way in there,
impossibly near , hiding behind what has never been lost.
Collapsing in intervals so fine you can call them divine
and yet it is all beyond words and languages.

For the sake of Stomach

India women have to work extremely hard every day to get their daily bread . Due to ignorance & social customs like childhood marriage many Indian men are illiterate . As a result of which they have to go for jobs which involve more of physical work than mental work. However there are some professions which neither demand much physical or mental labor but still very hard & painful. Well in this article I am elucidating on the profession of Rudali & women posing nude for aspiring artists. Rudalis are women who are hired for morning in Rajasthan . These women have to dress up in black attire & have to cry loudly & beat their chest for hours. To cry continuously they use a kind of kajal to maintain the flow of tears. Rudalis are paid very nominal for their work . Just 15-20 Rs to cry for 4-5 hours. In long run crying affects the health of Rudalis. In Rajasthan people hire Rudalis for mourning when somebody dies in their family. It is believed that hiring Rudalis is a matter of status symbol & prestige. Wealthier the person & more number of Rudalis are hired by him in the event of death in his family. Still more painful & harder is the job of women posing nude for aspiring artists . In art schools where students are trained in painting & sketching women for nude modeling are appointed & are paid daily for their work. They have to pose nude for several hours & some times even have to work overtime. However these women are not paid in accordance with their toil. They get around 200 Rs daily . Recently I read about 50 years old Arai Sankar Naidu who is posing nude for last 30 years in Mumbai's oldest art college - J J School of Arts . Arai is an uneducated lady & due to domestic violence she left her in-laws house & migrated to Mumbai . In order to earn her daily bread she took up the job of nude model in J J School of Arts. When she started her career she used to get 8 Rs for 12 hours of work . Now she gets around 200 Rs from which she spends 25 Rs per day in transportation. Arai is not happy with the pay scale , she is happy as she was able to educate her son in an English medium school. Although Arai has helped several students of J J School of Arts in becoming renowned artists but unfortunately Arai is still a very poor lady living in Chembur area of Mumbai. Thus to get petty requirements of life fulfilled many Indian women have to take up profession of mourners & nude models & other embarrassing professions.

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For the sake of Stomach

India women have to work extremely hard every day to get their daily bread . Due to ignorance & social customs like childhood marriage many Indian men are illiterate . As a result of which they have to go for jobs which involve more of physical work than mental work. However there are some professions which neither demand much physical or mental labor but still very hard & painful. Well in this article I am elucidating on the profession of Rudali & women posing nude for aspiring artists. Rudalis are women who are hired for morning in Rajasthan . These women have to dress up in black attire & have to cry loudly & beat their chest for hours. To cry continuously they use a kind of kajal to maintain the flow of tears. Rudalis are paid very nominal for their work . Just 15-20 Rs to cry for 4-5 hours. In long run crying affects the health of Rudalis. In Rajasthan people hire Rudalis for mourning when somebody dies in their family. It is believed that hiring Rudalis is a matter of status symbol & prestige. Wealthier the person & more number of Rudalis are hired by him in the event of death in his family. Still more painful & harder is the job of women posing nude for aspiring artists . In art schools where students are trained in painting & sketching women for nude modeling are appointed & are paid daily for their work. They have to pose nude for several hours & some times even have to work overtime. However these women are not paid in accordance with their toil. They get around 200 Rs daily . Recently I read about 50 years old Arai Sankar Naidu who is posing nude for last 30 years in Mumbai's oldest art college - J J School of Arts . Arai is an uneducated lady & due to domestic violence she left her in-laws house & migrated to Mumbai . In order to earn her daily bread she took up the job of nude model in J J School of Arts. When she started her career she used to get 8 Rs for 12 hours of work . Now she gets around 200 Rs from which she spends 25 Rs per day in transportation. Arai is not happy with the pay scale , she is happy as she was able to educate her son in an English medium school. Although Arai has helped several students of J J School of Arts in becoming renowned artists but unfortunately Arai is still a very poor lady living in Chembur area of Mumbai. Thus to get petty requirements of life fulfilled many Indian women have to take up profession of mourners & nude models & other embarrassing professions.

12 Ways to Stay on Top of Stress...

It takes a million years for one gene to change in our bodies. One million years! I'm bringing this up because, physiologically, we're the same humans we were 300 years ago. But look at how things have changed in that short time. Some things make life easier now: washers and dryers, transportation, abundance of food, electricity, etc. But some things make life today more insane: cell phones, traffic, increased population, fake food, TV, busy schedules. I heard a statistic from a doctor-friend that we make more decisions in one day than people used to make in a year. No wonder we're stressed out and reaching for doughnuts or alcohol to cope.

All this craziness and high-speed living isn't going away. Since we can't change our genes, we have to create a map to navigate this crazy life. What can you do to try and stay on top of the stress so it doesn't affect your health, happiness, or waistline?

1. Exercise. Amen for endorphins. Believe me, they've helped me many days with my perspective. If you have to work out, then go take a brisk walk and get that blood flowing. It isn't about working out to lose weight -- it's about being healthy and staying sane.

2. Eat the real stuff. Crappy food (fast, processed, and loaded with sugar) doesn't help your chemical brain and body handle stress. Living food, real food, helps support your mind and body while it's trying to deal with the million things coming its way. Every time I reach for the chocolate, I'm looking to feel something from it. Don't get me wrong -- if it's just a little here and there because I enjoy the taste of it, great. But if I'm using it the minute I feel overwhelmed, then that's when that food is no longer OK to eat. It doesn't make the problem go away, and then I just feel bad about eating the food to pacify myself. Grab green food instead. Put things in your mouth that are going to support your immune function and keep you levelheaded.

3. Notice. Try not to let the stress overtake you. Recognize the situations that cause the stress and notice them coming your way. You have a better shot at fending off the full effects of the stress when you can anticipate it.

4. Get it off your chest. Talk to a friend or partner about the stress. Sometimes just getting it off your chest can help unload some of the burden.
5. Keep your sense of humor. If you do have the chance to talk about it, try to see the irony and humor in the wacky bits. I think someone is dead in the water once they lose their sense of humor.

6. Stay grateful. My daughter has large lungs and verbal skills she likes to display. Just when I start to wishfully think about her being quiet, I remind myself to be grateful that she can talk to me at all. In almost all of our problems are boatloads of blessings. "Oh, I don't feel like going to the gym." Well, Amen that you have the means and the health to even be able to wrestle with the idea of going to work out. Make a habit of saying thank you. You will notice the sunny spots a lot more often, and not just the gray skies and storms.

7. Ask, "What's the hurry?" Have some fun. We're always so busy going somewhere, we miss just enjoying the moment. If an opportunity comes your way to do something fun, take it.

8. Take a deep breath. When you feel the stress getting to you, take a moment. Get away, even if it's just for an hour, to be with yourself and your thoughts. Some people like to take a walk, meditate, lock themselves away in a beautiful bath, or go to church. Find the peace and the silence.

9. Keep it simple. Simplify where you can. Does Junior really need to be in 78 activities at the age of 5? Do you have to go to every little party or gathering you're invited to?

10. Turn of the TV. A lot of it is bad news anyway, and it robs us of hours that we could use to be getting other things done. Since everyone complains that they have no time, get some by unplugging from the tube.

11. Sleep. If you're rested, you have a better shot at handling things. Not to mention, you may not stress out as easily if you have a chance to recover at night.

12. Drink water. I have said it before: Americans consume 21 percent of their calories through liquid consumption. Hydrate with water. Help you entire system function better just by drinking enough water. Oh, and by the way, if you don't think that weight loss and proper hydration have a relationship, think again. Shift the paradigm on its side -- don't think about exercise and nutritional eating just as something you have to suffer through to get into those jeans. Instead, think of them as armor that will protect you in this crazy world, with all of the bazillion details you deal with every day.

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