The modern day world is full of stress and strain. The expression stop the world I want to get off seems more and more appropriate each year. In the early years of the telephone it became an annoyance by telemarketers ringing it at the dinner hour. Now the curse of the cell phone is it can track you down anywhere with a call and with GPS technology even pin point your location. No wonder we all want to retreat to the deep woods and get unplugged now and then.
I want to talk about a consequence of this speeded up world that can hit us at any point in life. It is a heightened form of fear. Think of it as being overwhelmed.
I am talking about "PANIC."
We may have experienced it at various points in our life. You know when it sets in as the mind locks up and doesn't know what to do. I know I have experienced it when driving a car on ice and it slid out of control towards a concrete bridge guard rail. Also, one time a horse I owned was tied up incorrectly to a metal fence and was spooked and ran off with the fence section dragging behind it. I thought the world was about to end. Your heart beats faster and your mind goes blank.
For those who get clinical panic attacks it can take the form of uncontrollable rocking, back and forth.
You just want to scream, not knowing what to do.
Fortunately, there is light at the end of the tunnel. For ordinary panic the ride is a short one before it subsides. You need a place to retreat to in order to re-think what happened, and to process your feelings.
Metaphorically speaking, stressed out buyers and sellers of real estate come to a REALTOR as that calm place to stop panicking when all sorts of twists and turns occur during a transaction. They lose a bid on the house, the prospective buyer is low balling the seller and insulting him. The lender does not approve your loan. How could they? You're a good person. Lots of fun and games. Throughout it all the REALTOR is the calm intermediary between all parties. They are a CALM CORNER.
Physically and emotionally, you also need a calm corner in your life. This may be a quiet room in your home. It may be a retreat away from your normal world. It may be getting together with that one true friend in your life as a sounding board, family or otherwise. It may be immersing yourself in music or nature. Someplace where you can achieve calmness, peace and a sense of your spirituality. It will help you overcome any stress, fears and panic that the world hurls at you.
KNOW WHERE YOUR CALM CORNER IS.
Visit it often !!! Where's yours?
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