Untitled Document
   
Reminder Publications
 
 
| 35 Ways to Praise Students | A Smile | Be Kind... | Coping with Stress | DIRECTIONS... | Drive Carefully... School Is Open | Drive Carefully... School Is Open | Eight Gifts that Cost Nothing | Ever Wonder???? | Fourth of July And Summer Safety for Pets | Freedom | Freedom | From Adversity Many Find Strength | From Adversity Many Find Strength | From Adversity Many Find Strength - Part 3 of 4 | From Adversity Many Find Strength | Golden Rules for Living | Happiness | Health | Hug A Cold. Kiss A Fever. | If I Should Fall Behind | If You Don't, Somebody Will | In Control | Irish Words of Encouragement | It Helps Me To Remember | It Helps Me To Remember | Just Breathe | Laugh Your Stress Away | Learn to Trust | Lessons Learned From a Father | Lessons Learned From a Father | Lessons You Learned | Life is the Coffee | Listen | Listen | Listen To Your Heart | Make Summer Learning Fun | Make Summer Learning Fun-1 | Make Summer Learning Fun-2 | Measuring up - Part 2 of 2 | Measuring Up - Part 1 of 2 | Talk Is Cheap | YOU Are Valuable | On Geese And Friends | On Geese And Friends | OUR SEASON'S GREETINGS | Our Season's Greetings | "Pennies from Heaven" | Pet Rules | Planning for Work, Planning for Home, Planning for Life | Prayer of the Administrative Professional | Profile in Courage | Reason | Resolution for the New Year | Starting Today | Stay Awake | Stay Positive | Stranger in Our Home | Swallow Your Anger | "Ten Top" Ideas About Kids, Families & Life | The 13 Characteristics of Successful People | The 13 Characteristics of Successful People | The 13 Characteristics of Successful People (Part 3 of 3) | The Happiest People | The Parable Of The Spoons | The Parental Stress Line Offers 7 Tips for the Holiday Season | The Parental Stress Line Offers 7 Tips for the Holiday Season | The Quality of the Day | The Spring | The Spring | The Spring | The Substance of Change | The Time is Now | Think and Be Positive | Time to Give Thanks | Today (Part 1 of 2) | Today (Part 2 of 2) | To Kill an American | Weird Things You Would Never Know!! | Weird Things You Would Never Know!! | What Cancer Cannot Do | What I Learned (Part 1 of 4) | What I've Learned | What I've Learned (Part 2 of 4) | What I've Learned (Part 3 of 4) | What I've Learned (Part 4 of 4) | What Shall We Give The Children? | When God Made Moms | | When You Thought I Wasn't Looking | When You Thought I Wasn't Looking | When You Thought I Wasn't Looking | Whether You Think You Can Or You Can't... You're Probably Right. | Words of Wisdom | | You Know You Are Getting Older When... | You Know You Are Getting Older When... | You Know You're Getting Older When... |
 
   > In Control

In Control

There are things you can control and things you cannot control. If you focus too heavily on those things you cannot control, it can lead to an overwhelming amount of frustration and anxiety.
Choose instead to focus your thoughts and efforts on those things upon which you can have a positive influence. There are plenty of those things, and by giving your energy to them you can quickly and significantly improve the quality of your life.
Stop worrying so much about what others are doing wrong. Instead, put your time and effort into discovering what you can do right, what you can do well, and in using your unique abilities to create excellence.

Whenever you feel yourself getting anxious or frustrated by something that's beyond your control, stop and take a fresh look around. There's something you can do, right then and there, that will make a positive difference in the world.
The more you make use of the positive power that you have, the stronger that power will grow. There is always something you can do, and it always beats complaining or worrying about those things you cannot do.

Do what you can, when you can, where you are, with what you have. You'll find that it can make an enormous difference.

- Ralph Marston

Sincerely,
Chris & Dan
In-Control Co-Publishers

P.S. Thank you to all our faithful readers and advertisers for welcoming us into your homes and hearts every week.




 

 

 
 
Reminder Publications, Inc. 280 North Main St., East Longmeadow, MA 01028 • 413-525-6661
National Newspaper Network, a Division of Reminder Publications
©2006 Reminder Publications, Inc.