Stress Relief Tips from YOU!

I (Stu from Macon, GA) wrote here Tuesday asking for stress relief measures after prayer, walking, and avoiding caffeine, since I have done all that. Not to say that prayer doesn't work, it's just my brain wasn't giving up the adrenaline. So you commented, all 4 of you, and I say: THANK YOU! I remembered what helped me on Saturday night after all day of testing, documenting, and helping patients: CHURCH IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM! Yes, the wife and I went out to eat Saturday afternoon, and when we walked in the lobby of the Holiday Inn Suites in Lawrenceville, Georgia, I heard...PRAISE! I walked over to the conference room and hunched against the wall to figure out what group (believers) was worshipping, a cappella. My friend, it was glorious!

PRAISIN' Him
So, I stayed hunched against the wall, and the beautiful sounds of people praising God with only a tambourine and their voices was incredible! I only listened for about 3 minutes, as the wife wanted sleep since I kept her up the night before tossing and turning. But there was the praise, and I wanted to go in. But it was the most stress-relieving thing...soothing...the answer I was looking for. I slept like a brick all night, woke up feeling refreshed and passed the toughest exam of my life! Praise is comely to the upright.

Back From the Ivory Tower
Now that I don't spend every day with nose pressed firmly in textbooks, it's time to look around and see what's happening in the world. I read the Sunday New York Times (2/5) that my Dad faithfully mails me every Monday after it arrived via post on Wednesday. Egyptian cruise ship sinks, Insurgents and Iraqis hard to tell apart, a new Supreme Court justice and the wimpy Dems who voted him in (I appreciate their lack-of-spine), New Orleans wants the guv'ment to send MORE CASH!, and Enron execs have really good, really high-paid lawyers (Which min-security facility has the best fairway turf?).

Stu News available
I need to write a few headlines here myself, to boost the morale of these here United States and Foreign Folk who live here and in their own country. Please feel free to forward these sentiments in headline form to the Congressperson of your choice:

1. Election 2008: I Won't Run For President, says Hillary
2. The Iraq Situation: Giant Metal Detector Placed at Jordanian Border (238 miles long).
3. Feds announce New Orleans to become Giant Landfill, All Citizens Moving to Denver!
4. Madonna: I'm Over The Hill, Botox Dependent
5. Rudy Guliani to Hillary: It's Payback Time in 2008!

Questions, comments, concerns? Please feel free to E-mail me!