JOY Practice for the Day:
‘Have a situation or person that is driving YOU crazy? Use this “Self-Distancing” Practice:
1) THINK about the situation you are facing
2) DESCRIBE your problem as if it you were talking to someone else– (use YOUR NAME rather than the words “I /me /mine”).
3) IMAGINE the problem from a DISTANT perspective of a week, month, or year from now. (i.e., Will this event still have an impact on you then? Will you remember it? Will you have learned from the situation?)
4) ENVISION the situation as one snippet of your entire life from GOD’S PERSPECTIVE. See ALL your frustrations and fears. Now see ALL other people having EQUAL value and being worthy of love and respect.
Then ASK what will SERVE the WHOLE…