Hypertension Mantra

Time to take character inventory of the kind of people we have around us. Are they part of our family? A friend, an associate or perhaps a business partner? Do they unnecessarily contribute to our stress or our anxieties? What are we doing about it? Take stock. Much of our sanity and well-being depend on it. Take irresponsibility out of the door. Characterize a responsible person and these are things he or she is NOT: 1. Able to do anything without guidance or supervision. 2. Accountable and unanswerable for his or her own behavior. 3. Someone who can be trusted or depended upon to do things on his or her own volition. 4. Able to follow through on obligations. 5. Conscious of agreed upon or set rules. 6. Able to stand on own actions, impulsive but always blames others for his mistakes. 7. Trustworthy. 8. In possession of good self-esteem. Anyone will get that picture good... Learning how to tackle responsibility into one's life: 1. Take your life in

One of the most distressing situations a family could face is to be financially broke. With children's tuition bills, food and household expenses to pay, a negative cash position can bring disaster. Easily. Family members find themselves vulnerable to quick tempers, emotional outbursts and sometimes bouts of depression during times like this. Moments spent instead to find solutions to the problem turn out to be occasions of accusation and finger pointing. Volatile, like a ticking bomb. Many years back my family faced a similar problem. To ease the burden, I decided to tell my children the real score. I thought they were old enough to understand what we were going through. After all, nothing can beat being straightforward. To my mind, this would be the ultimate test for my children's maturity and lessons learned from what I had always tried to teach them: that in times of adversity, it is how you cope with the situation that will define the result that you want. Tellin