Emergencies and Crises

Thought of the day:

An emergency is a situation that requires immediate attention.

A crisis is a fantasy of future emergencies.

Overwhelmed is the result of crisis view.

The result of overwhelmed is either paralysis or frantic overreaction.

The challenge is to deal with emergencies,

do the next obvious thing, and not create "crisis" and feel "overwhelmed".

Keep doing this (limiting view to present time and location)

until the big things settle on their own.

(12/7/2007)