Glenda Gibbs ~ Changing Perceptions Transforming Lives

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"Where Neat People Meet"

Ponderings...

Remember that happy feeling?

she too wanted Gramma Sweetheart to deliver cookies to her and her classmates. It goes without saying, its fun.

Bryce’s classmates see

me away from the school and say “Hi

Grandma!” – A few parents have

a questioned

look and their children quickly respond saying that

I’m

Bryce’s Grandma and I bring cookies to school.

The office staff and teachers eagerly look forward to my deliveries.

Heck, I’ve been showing up at

Bryce’s

school for nearly 5 years. Next

year he moves on to middle school and I’m imagining he’ll

believe he’s

too old

for Grams to be bringing cookies to school – but then who

knows.

Life is about having fun. It’s about developing traditions and memories.

I see the light sparkle in

their eyes

(adults too!) and their enthusiasm is

endearing. My smile grows from ear to ear as I

hear them say “thank

you”

or “can I have one more?”

Shift gears a moment with me. There are those times when life sucks

and my attention gets high-

jacked and

my personality becomes a

prisoner to all sorts of negative thinking. Yep, I know better

and being

a teacher

and having all of this experience, how could I let this happen

–

it’s a

default

pattern and I’m human.

Even though

get stuck,

implement the tools I know to

work.

This evening I was chatting with my oldest daughter about her hubby

having two job interviews

tomorrow. She

said that she’s really hoping

he gets a job offer and she also shared that she’s

said

her prayers. I

said, “Do you

remember last year when he went back to work” (he’d

been on

unemployment for several months), she said yes.

I then asked

her if she could remember how

she felt when she learned the good

news; her reply was that she

was happy! I suggested she

bring the

emotions of that experience to the present and implement them into

this

situation.

(We’ll

call this an emotional link).

Without thinking, it’s real easy to slide into a default pattern of being

worried and stressed.

Thank goodness for a different choice.

We have a wealth of great experiences to link to. By linking the emotions

of those past

experiences to the

present, we set our minds to be

relaxed, have fun and success

; doing this w

e’re able to

create new

neuro

path

ways in the brain and with practice we can over come the default

pattern.

Prior to putting these thoughts here, I was beginning to stress. And then

I was reminded of how

great I feel

when I’m delivering cookies, the

words flowed and the stress disappeared. It is so

cool the way it works!

My youngest daughter is expecting

. It

could be I’ll be in the cookie baking

business for a while to

come.

I’m wondering how much of a prisoner you are to stress, worry and

anxiety in your life. Take a

post-it- note and

write a word that is a link to

a happy time, place the note where it will act as a

visual reminder and

give that a

thought.

When you’re ready to let go, try this process. It is so freeing, you’ll see!

Smiles to you,

Glend

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