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Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 398 views
In THANKS! How Practicing Gratitude Can Make You Happier, Robert A. Emmons, Ph.D. writes, “One simply cannot be relaxed and stressed at the same time. Try it. You can’t. Relaxation drives out anxiousness and vice versa.” —Jim L. Wilson —THANKS!, 74 Philippians 4:6 (HCSB) “Don’t worry about anything,…
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Being anxious or experiencing anxiety is very common in today’s world and author Brianna Wiest recently described how some very common and easily corrected things may be at the root of a person’s anxiety issues. Wiest suggests low blood sugar could be one possible cause, while some of the other anxiety…
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Nine out of ten younger millennials, aged 18 to 24, check their phones at least once an hour, if not “constantly.” The Bank of America mobile trend report says the same group is more likely than any other age group to sleep with their phones next to them in bed. The report found an interesting contradiction…
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We worry about a lot of things. Do we have enough money? Will our children be OK? Many of us worry about our relationships or our careers. Statistics show that only 8% of the things we worry about are a genuine cause for concern. http://blog.letstalkhealth.com/2012/05/speaking-stress-worry-did-know/…
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In his book, Leading on Empty, Wayne Cordoro writes, “If we violate the Sabbath rest, something morphs in our soul. We start to get proud, edgy, anxious.”—Jim L. Wilson Wayne Cordeiro, Leading on empty : refilling your tank and renewing your passion. (Minneapolis, Minn: Bethany House, 2009), 126. Matthew…
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Though five years have passed since the last major financial crisis, many Americans say they are still very concerned about their job security. U.S. workers say they are most concerned about having their benefits reduced, or their hours cut. A Gallup survey found 43 percent of American workers say having…
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Eleanor Roosevelt is quoted as saying; “You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.” --Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell The Week, September 20, 2013 p. 17 Romans 12:3 (NIV) For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself…
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A study conducted by researchers in Germany has found that stress may be contagious. The results suggest that stress can be transmitted to people simply by watching other people confront anxiety-provoking situations through television programs or motion pictures. Researchers paired people either as an…
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Physicians can use the latest medical technology to examine our internal organs, but one of the biggest health concerns people face cannot be seen. Research indicates emotions can impact a person’s health as much as problems with various organs can. Among the links that have been discovered are a link…
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A study conducted by Kent University in England suggests that people who constantly check their cell phone are not busier or popular than everyone else, they are probably just dealing with anxiety. Researchers polled 500 students about their phone usage and found that when the respondents spent more…
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Research conducted by a Swedish institution has found that a link between permanent stress and an increased risk of diabetes. The research focused on 7,000 men with no history of diabetes, heart disease, or stoke. The men were tracked through medical records to see what condition developed in their lives…
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William Arthur Ward says, “The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” --Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell The Week, March 15, 2013 p. 17 1 Peter 5:7 (ESV) casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
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An international study purports that the price of being famous can be higher than most people expect. The researchers analyzed 1,000 New York Times obituaries from 2009 to 2011, and found that film, music, stage performers, and sports stars tend to die at younger ages. The average lifespan of people…
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In Crazy Love, Francis Chan writes, “Worry implies that we don’t quite trust that God is big enough, powerful enough, or loving enough to take care of what’s happening in our lives.”—Jim L. Wilson and Stephen Argilla Crazy Love: Overwhelmed By a Relentless God P. 42. Worry can disable or paralyze us…
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In Margin: Restoring Emotional, Physical, Financial, and Time Reserves to Overloaded Lives, Richard Swenson writes: “Anxiety is the looming belief that circumstances will imminently become painful and hopeless.” --Margin, Kindle Loc. 364 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson Mark 4:19 (CEV) But they start worrying…
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In Margin: Restoring Emotional, Physical, Financial, and Time Reserves to Overloaded Lives, Richard Swenson writes: “Chronic uncertainty, sustained levels of increased vigilance, or struggling with a mental task are more stressful than chopping wood.” --Margin, Kindle Loc. 347 Illustration by Jim L.…
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J. D. Drew, major league outfielder for the Boston Red Sox is a professing Christian. He finds living out his Christian faith in the public eye to be a challenge at times. He mentioned “the unique opportunities as a professional athlete to get in trouble, especially when you’re on the road.” He says…
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What do you worry about? What is it that makes you anxious? Journalist Eric Sevareid, quoted in the Associated Press says “The biggest business in America is not steel, automobiles, or television It is the manufacture, refinement, and distribution of anxiety.” --The Week, May 21, 2010 p. 21. Illustration…
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In a new collection of letters, Editor Joseph Galliano has compiled advice from today’s luminaries to their own sixteen-year-old selves. --Ed. Joseph Galliano, Dear Me: A Letter to My Sixteen-Year-Old Self, referenced in The Week, December 9, 2011 p. 48-49 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell…
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Learning to listen can lower our blood pressure and stress hormone levels and make us less at risk for a heart attack. A Duke University study “found that people who interrupt are up to 7 times fore likely to get heart disease!” --Bottom Line Health, Spring 2010, p. 4 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and…
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A new poll conducted for the Associated Press has found the 46 percent of Americans say they are suffering from debt related stress. Half of those who reported feeling stressed over debt described their stress level as “a great deal” or “quite a bit.” Though other statistics show the average family has…
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ANXIETY According to the December issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology anxiety among children is at an all time high. In fact, healthy children reported more anxiety during the 1980s than child psychiatric patients reported 30 years earlier. “Contrary to views that children have…
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In Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a relentless God, Francis Chan writes “Worry implies that we don’t quite trust that God is big enough, powerful enough, or loving enough to take care of what’s happening in our lives.” --Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a relentless God, P. 42 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson Philippians…
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ANXIETY According to an Associated Press-mtv-U poll “Eighty-five percent of the students reported feeling stress in their daily lives in recent months, with worries about grades, schoolwork, money and relationships the big culprits.” And “Forty-two percent said they had felt down, depressed or hopeless…