Relationships

 Don't fight: It drains energy

 You may have an encounter with a loved one that just sends you there today. You may try to talk it out, but its like you are talking to the pillow on your bed. You do not get the type of feedback you wish to receive. To make matters worse, your loved one may continue to do things throughout the day that works your last nerve. What will you do if this happens to you?

  Will you out of frustration start yelling to the top of your voice how they should get it together? Will you try to talk it out until you are blue only for an argument to result if the other person does not see things your way? Will you blame the other person for your anger in the situation? Rest assured, non of these options are going to do anything but burn too much needed energy.

  Leave a heated situation. If you are having an issue that cannot be resolved at the moment, get some you time even if it is for ten or fifteen minutes. Take a brisk walk around the block, in the parking lot of your apartment complex, or down the hallway of your office building. Just find a place to take a mini walk. Try getting out in the sun and soak up some vitamin D. You will feel better about yourself and will more than likely be able to find a reasonable solution to the problem. Even if you cannot find a solution, you will not focus on the other person's faults to the point of breaking your own peace.

  I find that when you read the Bible, especially Proverbs, it helps you calm yourself and even look at the situation from a different angle. What you think is a big issue may not really be so big after all. So do not argue and fight. You need that energy for something you will need to do throughout the day. Plus,  arguments and fighting are distractions that eat at your mind throughout the day prohibiting you from performing at your best in whatever you do.