文档介绍：Finding Peace of Mind
Your younger sister made a mess in the kitchen.
You were caught in an unexpected storm.
Your parents promised to see your performance in your school, but they didn’t show up.
You have planned to have a picnic, but it rained.
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Which of the following are similar to the examples given by the writer?
Your younger sister made a mess in the kitchen.
You were caught in an unexpected storm.
Your parents promised to see your performance in your school, but they didn’t show up.
You have planned to have a picnic, but it rained.
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Your child isn’t behaving.
Your partner or friend isn’t living up to his or her end of the bargain.
You’ve planned something carefully and things didn’t go as you’d hoped
Which of the following are similar to the examples given by the writer?
A Trip to Japan
Problems they met
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A Trip to Japan
Their attitude …
It’s part of the adventure!
It was all OK!
We didn’t get too bothered.
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See the glass as already broken
What is the cause of our anger?
What is the solution?
See the glass as already broken
If you see the glass as already broken,
You won’t _____________________
You will ______________________
You won’t _____________________
You will ______________________
overreact
respond appropriately
blow things out of proportion
have peace of mind
A Little Poem
Expect your parents not to keep their promise.
Expect your friends to be rude sometimes.
Expect your partner to be less than perfect.
Expect your friend to not show up sometimes.
Expect things to go not according to plan.
Expect people to be rude sometimes.
Expect roommates not to wash their dishes or pick up their clothes, sometimes.
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Expect the glass to break.
And accept it.
Expect my parents not to keep their promise.
Expect my friends to be rude sometimes.
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Expect the glass to break.
And accept it.
Expect my daughter to mess up—— all children do.
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