There's good and bad in everything,

but sometimes you have to

back up to find it!

Twin Lake Sunset ..

This week's tip:

Under threat?

 

Our choices under threat are pretty limited -

we can flee, fight, adapt, accept, ignore or negotiate......

 

My weakness is that i HATE to lose! Detest it!

So when things build up, my first instinct urges me to fight,

to stand my ground, survive, dig in, defend.

 

But i'm also old enough to understand that

fighting rarely succeeds without

first understanding the threat,

then making plans and choosing objectives.

So one needs to define those things.

 

Since it's hard to concentrate

from within a problem,

I usually retreat FIRST.

 

Harvest all the specifics of the threat

that you can manage,

then drag them off for re-assembly.

My "stress shed" is in the woods..

right under that sunset ^.

 

But you can bet your boots,

whenever I do come back,

I'll be walking on a winning path &

we'll see where it goes! :)