Lessons in Calmness from my Sunday school teacher

Some of you may have gotten this email already, or seen it on another blog, but I wanted to share it here, too.

I got this email from my Sunday school teacher:

I am passing this on to you because it definitely works and we could all use a little more calmness in our lives. By following simple advice heard on the Dr. Phil show, you too can find inner peace.

Dr Phil proclaimed, "The way to achieve inner peace is to finish all the things you have started and have never finished." So, I looked around my house to see all the things I started and hadn't finished, and before leaving the house this morning, I finished off a bottle of Merlot, a bottle of Zinfandel, a bottle of Bailey's Irish Cream, a bottle of Kahlua, a package of Oreos, the remainder of my old Prozac prescription, the rest of the cheesecake, some Doritos, and a box of chocolates.

You have no idea how freaking good I feel right now. Please pass this on to those whom you think might be in need of some calmness in their lives.

We have half a bag of Oreos in the house, but no alcohol and no old Prozac prescription. We did have half a can of spray-on whipped cream that we put on our cookies and/or bananas this evening. I don't think we're feeling as good as the person who wrote that original email.

And I think that Dr. Phil is wrong. I'm not stressed about the projects I haven't finished. I just keep plugging away, and I know that I'll get there some day, or not. It's not a big deal. The key to calmness in my life is to keep Darin from starting any new projects, especially home improvement projects like he was doing in Virginia (knocking down walls, etc).

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