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Save Your Sanity
Don’t listen to the disturbing rants.
Don’t watch what causes stress.
Change the station of hostility
to one that’s uplifting.
Counter the negative rhetoric
with words of compassion.
Listen to music or read a book.
Walk in the wind and sun.
Save your sanity with empathy.
Assist a friend in need.
Nourish yourself and one another
with peace, love, and support.
*Photo and Poem by Mary K. Doyle
©2024, Mary K. Doyle
Wonderful poem, beautifully shared. And great wisdom. Thank you Mary!
Thank you, Suzette. May you be at peace. Hugs.
Thank you Mary, blessings to you as well. Hugs!
Very good advice and a wonderful poem, Mary! 🙂
Thank you, Ms. Marvellous. I know a lot of people are stressed over the election. We don’t have to focus on it. It will be what it will be.
Such a Wonderful thaught and Positive composition, Mary.🌷🌷💖💚💛🌷🌷
Excellent, positive advice, Mary. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Thank you, Kirsten. I appreciate you visiting and taking the time to comment. All the best to you.
Love, compassion, solidarity
The same to you, Gustavo.
Very beautifully said as usual Mary 😊 we all need to save our sanity from the annoyances of life which don’t need our time or energy to thrive off of 🙏
Thank you, Laura. I’m hearing so many people expressing stress over the election. We can turn it off and give ourselves some peace. We can do little else about the outcome. Hugs to you, my sweet friend.
Beautifully written! Your words are so motivational and encouraging. Thank you for sharing such a wonderful piece! Great picture as well 🙂
Thank you. I appreciate your wonderful comment. May you have the most wonderful week.
such a great poem Mary ❤
Thank you, Carol Anne. Happy Monday, my friend.
Bonjour Mary,
J’espère que tu vas bien.
Ce poème reflète complétement ta personnalité empathique. Ce poème respire l’état d’esprit ambiant qui se révèle à nous actuellement. Les US comme la France subissent des turbulences qui rejaillissent sur nos énergies communes.
Et tu as entièrement raison, unissons nos forces pour contrecarrer les ondes négatives, la peur, la haine…
Bravo Mary, j’ai beaucoup aimé.
Bien amicalement.
Tony.
Merci pour vos aimables paroles, Tony. Ensemble, si nous répandons l’amour et la joie, ceux qui nous entourent le ressentiront aussi. Je vous souhaite beaucoup de bénédictions.
Thank you for this beautiful sentiment and option to change perspective. I needed this today!
Good! I’m happy this helped, Margie. Blessings to you.
A positive message to ignite a positive attitude! Thank you, Mary. 🙂
Thank you, Nancy. Just want to remind everyone to walk away if the stress is getting to us the next few weeks. I hope all is well with you, dear Nancy.
Thanks!
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Amen!!!!!!!
Well said Mary my dear. I can’t believe how craziness seems to be normalized these days. Cheers to compassion, peace and love my friend. Thanks so much for sharing this timely message. 🤗💖🥰
Thank you, Kym. And may your days be joyful.
You are so very welcome my dear Mary. Thank you my friend for your kindness, and make the rest of your week FANtabulous! Hugs and smooches! 😘🥂🥰💖🤗
Thank you, Mary, for spreading love and light.
I’m trying, Festo. We surely need it right now in the states. We are approaching election day.
This is so true, Mary. Affirming words, which I can relate to. Thanks for sharing!💙
Thank you, Ada. Hugs to you.
It’s a distinct tendency of mine, Mary. Self preservation, at times.
We have to put on our own oxygen mask before anything else. Thank you, Jo. I appreciate you reading and commenting.
Beautiful share, Mary. 💖
Thank you, T.’ All the best to you.
My pleasure. Sending blessings your way.
Such beautiful advice and words in this season on contention! Thanks Mary!
Thank you, Phil. Peace, love, and light to you.
Thanks Mary! Same for you!!!
Beautiful!
I’m with you my friend! Good words for sure.
Oh, so good to have you at my side. We could form a little club in a quiet, peaceful area and hide until the nonsense is over.
Yes, I’d like that. I’ll bring the wine and some Vermont cheese.
Excellent! I’ll bring cookies and salad.
Who could ask for anything more?
Wonderful poem, Mary, and Amen to that.
Thank you, Edward. You know I wish you peace and joy, my friend.
You’re welcome, my friend. May peace and joy always be with you too.
Incredible poetic truth, Mary. Thank you.
Thank you, Neal, and find your peaceful place especially the next few weeks. All the best to you.
You’re an angel. Thank you for sharing your uplifting message and voice, Mary. I am walking with you on this journey. 🕊️
Fabulous, Michele. I enjoy your company very much.
Same! 🙏🏻🌷
Thank you. I needed that
Oh, so happy it helps. Sometimes, we need to step away and find a happy place. Have the best day!
Well said Mary, love it.🥰
Thank you, Arlene. Stressful times call for self-preservation.
this is wonderful, including your brilliant reading! thanks much for visiting my site. I would be thrilled if you’d write a guest blog post for my site. If you think it might be fun or helpful to have my followers (who total about 10k across my various social media) meet you, here’s the link for general guidelines:
Thank you for the invitation. I’d love to write a post for you. I have a full schedule at the moment but will get back to you as soon as I can, if that is all right.
🙋🏼♀️😍💚💚Deep guidance that nourishes the soul and the heart. It makes your heart and life happy, my dear. Good luck and happy day, Mary
Thank you, dear Nougat.
Beautifully written! Finding peace is very important in life.
Yes, Priti. You are right. Peace to you.
I really like this one!
Thank you! May you have peace and joy.
Very heartfelt and felt in the soul, appreciate you
Thank you, Mister Maxxx. I appreciate you very much.
very wise words, Mary; even over here in Oz we get glimpses of the crazy, unhinged, the rhetoric of rant; stay centred indeed —-
It’s intense here right now, and there is fear of what will happen when Trump loses.
Very warm and soulful, the best to you always
Thank you, my kind friend. I appreciate you.
❤ Wonderful timing.
Thank you, Stephanie, and may peace be with you.
You too, Mary. Thank you again. I also love reading your kind comments on some of the other blogs I follow. You have a good way of keeping your peace!
Well said. I agree with you. There is so much of negativity, in politics and in the name of religion in our country. And Whatsapp is a convenient way to spread them. But we cannot do without Whatsapp. I just delete such forwards. I don’t need that extra in my life. Thank you.
Unfortunately, the whole word is seeing this. You are so right. We need to set boundaries on all the nonsense. Thank you for taking the time to add to this discussion.
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Lovely words of wisdom, Mary!
Thank you, Lauren. It’s a crazy time.
A crazy time, for sure, Mary! And crazy is putting it mild. 🤗
Such wonderful and timely advice, Mary.
Thank you, Flavia. Have a great day.
Beautiful 🥰
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Wonderful poem Mary, I review poetry past and present on my own page.
I hope you don’t mind, but I did that for this poem. I’ve shared the link below. If you have any issues, I’ll immediately take it down.
Great message Mary, I always enjoy your work. Thank you for the positivity here.
You may find the link to the review here.
Hello, Adam. Thank you for taking the time to review my poem. I appreciate you and your work.
On one evening, I asked my wife and kids to read this poem and analyze it. To my surprise, each one agreed with a different part of the poem.
While I was inclined to agree with the poem in its entirety, my wife resonated only with the last paragraph. Her view—rooted in her business background—was that ignoring sources of stress would inevitably detach us from reality, ultimately leading to one’s downfall.
Next were my kids. Though inevitably lacking the maturity and experience of their adult counterparts, I’ve come to respect their opinions—often still untouched by the daily barrage of information thrown our way. I admire their social and emotional intelligence, which often surpasses my own, and the way their young minds are still eager to ask questions rather than supplying the ready-made answers so often imposed upon us.
The middle one opined: “Like dad, he loves watching the nature and adventures, but why he doesn’t want to leave the house?”
His mom stepped in to defend me: “That’s not true; he goes to work and jogs regularly.”
But my eldest one chimed in: “Like in the poem, he ‘doesn’t watch what causes stress’, but Mom cannot live without stress and then we are all stressed along.”
The youngest one chimed in: “What is stress?”
Mom (irritated): “Am I really causing you stress?”
The eldest one to the youngest one, who was on the verge of bursting into crying: “Now you see, this is stress.”
Naturally, I stepped in to defend my wife and their mom: “Mom doesn’t want you to be stressed, can you remember the knight movie we watched on the weekend”
All kids unison: “Yes!”
I went on: “So Mom is like the shield, which protect us from the hits. And when a shield is hit, the knight gets shattered by the hit. The knight is our family and when he shatters, is like what you call ‘the stress’”
The middle one: “And who is the sword?”
The eldest one: “Dad is the saddle, he’s always getting his free ride…”
Mom (in irritated resolve): “No, Dad is no saddle, he’s the battle axe hanging in the scabbard and watch out the world, when he gets angry…”
The youngest one: “I want a horse…”
In the end, it would inevitably draw out into a long discussion, delving into details and perspectives that might not easily find resolution…
It’s very cool you analyzed the poem as a family. I love all the comments and can hear everyone chiming in. I don’t advocate stress avoidance on a regular basis. This is an intense time in the US with a highly divisive election. Sometimes, it gets overwhelming. Thank you for all of this, Hubert.
You see, we had a divisive debate ourselves, the reason being a serene poem 🙂
My theory is, to avoid such division in politics, we must start with our kids and teach them to think critically. I keep telling them: don’t trust everything you find in Google. One day I will teach them the Scientific Method to analyze things.
And I keep telling my friends: never trust a news which is free, trust only news whose only source of income are readers’ subscriptions. Even then, keep scrutinizing and use several unrelated sources.
Excellent point, Hubert. Thank you.
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Sending you happy <3’s and warm ((Hugs)) !!!! Mary ❤ You are The Best !!!!
Thank you for your kind comment, Ms. Siri. I truly do appreciate you.
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Beautiful poem🌺🌺
Thank you, Satyam. I appreciate your feedback. All the best to you.
Just reading this poem brought a sense of peace and a perfect reminder to make a conscious effort to divert oneself from controllable sources of stress – thank you for this!
Oh, that makes me happy. Thank you. May peace be with you, and thank you for visiting. It is wonderful to have you here.
Amazing! This had to be said.
Thank you very much, Erina. I appreciate your comment.
So beautifully said
Thank you, MsHazy Brain. I appreciate your input.
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I will try to save mine
LOL. I surely hope you succeed!
Excellent
“walk in the wind and sun” — how lovely, thank you! This refrain will echo in my mind.
Ah, Dawn, thank you for your kind comment. I appreciate your presence here.
Great
Midwest Mary 
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