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  Your emotions help dictate your state of mind. This means that to keep your state of mind intact, it's necessary to have emotional balance. That way, you can make it through even the toughest times. You can enhance your emotional well-being, so when challenging times come around, you'll be more prepared to handle them! These strategies can help you manage your emotions effectively: 1. Identify your support system. It's very easy to experience emotional dips. This is especially true when you’re making emotionally charged decisions. Identify friends or family members who can be the voice of reason. While your emotions are cross-wired, it helps to have an external voice guiding you towards making an appropriate decision. It's healthy to discuss various topics with members of your support system. It helps them see how you think in different situations. 2. Confront y...

Once upon a time a man planted a bamboo tree. It was a small seedling and the man cared for it each day.  He watered it and made sure it had the proper sunlight to grow.  After a year's time, the man saw that the plant had not grown at all, but he continued the watering and caring for it.  After the second year the plant had not grown, but he continued watering and caring for it through the third and the fourth year. Suddenly, as if by magic, in the fifth year it began growing. In fact, it grew two and a half feet a day until in six weeks it was ninety feet tall.  The bamboo tree's growth is not magic. During its first five years, when it seems nothing is happening, it develops miles of roots beneath the ground. Though no growth is visible, the foundation is being established and strengthened.  The lesson:  There are times when we feel our lives are standing still and nothing is changing.  In reality, those are the days we are building o...