CALM, COOL, COLLECTED

Don't push, don't panic; it's OK. Sometimes, as we rush around town shopping, doing errands or driving to or from work, we feel so anxious. We can't face another long line at the bank or the store— how will we cope? Calm down— take a deep breath, relax— it's OK. There's a story about a young man waiting in a long line in a grocery store with a crying baby in his shopping cart. The young man says, "It's OK Tommy; we can make it Tommy; calm down—we'll get through this Tommy." A lady standing behind him says, "Oh, it's so wonderful the way you're trying to soothe little Tommy." "Lady, I'm Tommy!" the young man says. When we feel stressed out, we all need to say to the little Tommy inside ourselves, "It's OK, just relax. We can make it."