The 7 Minute Rule
- Rant! Get up on your soapbox, gripe, complain, and fuss about the situation. Get it all out of your system.
- Rave! If angry, vent in in a healthy manner to a loved one, to the pages of a journal, or whatever suits your fancy.
- Regurgitate! Sometimes things arise that cause us to emotionally vomit, it makes us so sick! Don’t hold that foolishness in. Let it out so you won’t remain sick. Besides, the Bible says that anger resides in the bosoms of fools…if you’re mama didn’t raise one, then it’s best for you to take this step!
- Reflect! Let’s be real…everything bad that happens to us is not the fault of someone or something else. We have to take the time to do some self reflection and, if possible, call out within ourselves the potential root of the problems we deal with.
- Relax! Quiet and calm yourself down.
- Relate! Try to understand the situation from all angles. What would you do the other person’s shoes? How would you respond to your own method of communication?
- Release! Take a deep breath and…EXHALE. Don’t wait to do it; that causes oxygen deprivation, which can lead to brain damage. Then you’ll find all your future experiences will be colored through the lenses of the drama you’ve gone through in one snapshot of time. LET.IT.GO!!!
After that seven minutes is over, put it on the altar of the Lord (or wherever you would put if if you’re not a Christian) and make a commitment to leave it there. There’s no sense in crying over spilled milk, either. Allow yourself to be human. Give yourself seven minutes to adjust to the situation, then keep it moving. That’s not to say the consequences or residual effects of whatever you’re going through won’t be there later, but it removes the fangs of unforgiveness, stress, worry and all those other unnecessary issues that can take a toll on our bodies, emotions and spirits over time.
Just a suggestion. This lesson is brought to you by the letter R and the number 7! I’m on my way to where the air is sweet!
Tell us, BMWK…how do you get beyond the stresses of daily life? From exercise to prayer, sex to service, let us know the different processes you go through to keep from losing your mind (up in here, up in here).
God bless!
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