Daily Dose of Tranqulity

The pressures of daily life can be maddening—not to mention health threatening. Breaking away from your daily routine for a dose of tranquilty can help ward off stress.

Although there is no recommended daily allowance of tranquility, here’s a prescription to get you started.

  Browse through a local museum, library or art gallery.
  

Do 5 minutes of stretching exercises.

Jot down all the things that make you happy. Then do one.

Make someone’s day with a call or letter.
  

Take a warm bath—even if you’re clean.
  

Explore your surroundings like a child.

 Take a catnap.

Walk a dog.
  

Draw a picture of your family.
  

Cast a movie of your life.
  

Identify cloud shapes.
  

Listen to an inspirational tape.
  

Get—or give—a back rub.

Or you may want to write your own daily tranquility prescription.

              

                                           ~ ~ ~ Unknown

Open a door or a window & just look outside for 5 minutes.

Pray for a person the way you'd like to be prayed for.

Do happy exercises: smile 10 times & sing a praise chorus.

Write down 3 things you're grateful for right now.

By Ann Voskamp at www.aholyexperience.com; a site I highly recommend.