ALONG THE TRAIN OF LIFE ,December, 2020

 Shalom dear readers. 

My  last blog was written on Sept. 29, which replaced the Oct. issue.

Here we are now in December. I have been talking to myself and to all of you all month, hoping and wishing us all strength that we need to somehow get through the Covid19 period, strength we need to cope with whatever ailment we have and are struggling with.

 I marked down for myself several tips on how I can cope with the stress of life and illness right now. I include them for you to consider for yourself. They are simply some of my decisions for me to cope with life, with illness (of whatever kind), with the locked down predicament of the Corona virus, etc.

Consider if any of these tips may be of value for you to try as we all need to cope with  STRESS.

-soak my feet each evening as I wind down (or at any time of the day)

-rest with my feet up as opposed to just straight up

-watch and relax with television, movies, whatever venue that you wish to follow

-EXERCISE daily! this strategy can easily avoided, but even small motions of our limbs are important; this one is a MUST for all of us!

-eat occasionally some chocolate or 'nash' that feeds our spirit, our neshama

-get a massage if possible

-reading Psalms, Tehillim, a prayer book

-talking to G. yourself

-however difficult and impossible it is for us at this time, let's think positively of what  WE DO HAVE,  and push aside our worries.

-do something for someone else: a phone call, a note. I t can make us feel so useful to be of help to others!

-let us concentrate on GRATITUDE-for what  WE DO HAVE NOW, rather than what we don't have or able to have at this moment in time

-we each have an opportunity to encourage others, by strokes, by hugs, by calls, by offering our support and love

I wish all of us a warm November, warm in our hearts-WE ARE STILL HERE, and can contribute to another soul! I wish us better health, both mentally as well as physically. I hope to write to you again next month. Feel free to write back to me via my blog, without signing your name.

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