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MrVersatile48
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Good 3-page feature here:-
How Do You Perceive Obstacles?
Cliff Young
http://www.Crosswalk.com Contributing Writer
Do what you know and perception is converted into character.
â€â€Ralph Waldo Emerson
The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them
â€â€Woodrow Wilson
In college, I took an elective class called “Psychology of Stress.†I thought it would be an interesting subject, one that I could relate to as I worked to finish up my double major before the student loans ran out. The main premise of the class was to determine what the basis of stress is, recognize those “activators†of stress, acknowledge how it affected us, and train ourselves in how to overcome it.
We learned how every situation we encounter could be perceived as stressful or as non-stressful.
A situation perceived as a threat, a danger or a rejection may produce stress and anxiety. A situation perceived to be a challenge or exciting, could create exhilaration.
According to Merriam-Webster, perception means “a mental image†and perceives means “to regard as being such.â€Â
If we perceive something in our life to be an obstacle, we “regard it being such†and our perception or mental image will be negative. But if we perceive something in our life to be a challenge or a passage to something better, our mental image will be positive.
I have always heard that “perception is everything,†and I have come to believe this for myself...
http://www.crosswalk.com/singles/11553599/page1/
Ian
How Do You Perceive Obstacles?
Cliff Young
http://www.Crosswalk.com Contributing Writer
Do what you know and perception is converted into character.
â€â€Ralph Waldo Emerson
The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them
â€â€Woodrow Wilson
In college, I took an elective class called “Psychology of Stress.†I thought it would be an interesting subject, one that I could relate to as I worked to finish up my double major before the student loans ran out. The main premise of the class was to determine what the basis of stress is, recognize those “activators†of stress, acknowledge how it affected us, and train ourselves in how to overcome it.
We learned how every situation we encounter could be perceived as stressful or as non-stressful.
A situation perceived as a threat, a danger or a rejection may produce stress and anxiety. A situation perceived to be a challenge or exciting, could create exhilaration.
According to Merriam-Webster, perception means “a mental image†and perceives means “to regard as being such.â€Â
If we perceive something in our life to be an obstacle, we “regard it being such†and our perception or mental image will be negative. But if we perceive something in our life to be a challenge or a passage to something better, our mental image will be positive.
I have always heard that “perception is everything,†and I have come to believe this for myself...
http://www.crosswalk.com/singles/11553599/page1/
Ian