We
have been discussing various angles of stress and our life style like stress at
work, heart attack, toxicants and
pollutions
Those
things are mostly physical issues that affect our peace of mind.
Today
we want to center on another angle of stress which bothers more on emotion and
attitude.
PROCRASTINATION- delaying issues you
should deal with sooner.
Do
you have a friend or relation who is bemoaning not being able to do something
for the parent or spouse before he or she passed on? I can tell that if not
well managed the stress of that guilt can kill anyone. A young man I know had
his father in the hospital at a time his business was completely grounded. This
young member of my kindred tried to buy the few things the father needed at a
point, the hospital requested for some money ( not really large sum) for a
procedure that most probably have solved the old man problem but he didn’t have
it and couldn’t raise it.
So
the father insisted on being taken home and the young man did it with a very
heavy heart.
This
young man kept lamenting that his father was going to die due to poverty and
after a few weeks it happened. The guilt of this incident kept gnawing at this
young man so much that 2yrs after, he too gave up the ghost!I could have
treated this case under learning to cope with what you can’t control but it had
to come under procrastination because the young man had the opportunity and
the means of addressing the father’s
issue when the problem first started and the going was good for him but he kept
postponing the issue and kept himself
busy with his business.
Take
time to show your loved ones that you care today, don’t postpone the issue
hoping to do it in a big way later, it is the show of love that matters, not
the monetary value of the gift; if you hope to bear fruit with your time and
talents, don’t wait till you retire from service- begin to squeeze out the time
today because you don’t own tomorrow. REGRET IS A KILLER
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