Are Fear, Headlines and News Controlling Your Life?
With the media's attention almost completely focused on the latest bad news or calamity, it's no wonder that fear is growing, stress levels are up and seemingly healthy people are suffering heart attacks and so on. (I'll stop with the examples, lest I be accused of impersonating that proverbial, name-calling kitchen appliance.) Are things really as bad as they appear? Maybe so, but maybe not. What is most important is understanding that current headlines, events and circumstances are completely external to YOU - that is, you may have lost or stand to lose some assets as world markets adjust to the latest upheaval, but YOU (your mind, body and spirit) are not an accumulation of bills, notes, coins or other things. Take a look in the mirror. Yes, you may have used money to purchase items to adorn or groom yourself, but strip all that away and there is an entity called "YOU" that exists, in the midst of any and everything. Read on. |