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Wednesday, November 11, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Scottie
Wisdom&Faith
Jean Russell Nave
Scottie
worry
People like to say that
dogs <live in the moment.=
Anyone who says that has
never lived with a rescued
Scottie. My Scotties are
always anticipating the next
something; which includes
worrying about what is com-
ing next. If I begin groom-
ing one, the other two hide.
They also begin to worry as
soon as it looks like I may
leave them behind when I
get in the car.
One of our Scotties hated
riding in a car on a winding
road. As soon as we reached
Tombstone Pass, heading to
Corvallis, he would begin to
get carsick.
How do you teach a
Scottie to stop worrying?
You use some of the same
methods that work for peo-
ple. The most important is to
help the dogs lose their fear
of things. When I groom,
I9m very careful to not pull
their hair. Additionally,
I give them treats during
the process. This hasn9t
resolved all concerns, but at
least now they come to me
when I call them for their
turn.
Our carsick Scottie got
over his fear by us giving
him tranquilizers for a few
trips. They calmed him
down and helped form a
new habit. After successful
rides that ended in wonder-
ful opportunities to explore
new areas, he finally
stopped getting sick.
Do you ever worry? If
you are reading this and you
don9t worry, I would say
you are exceptional. I9ll bet
you have a wonderful rela-
tionship with our Creator
too.
Many years ago when I
worked with corporations
as a motivational speaker
I learned that <worry= was
a huge concern for man-
agement. Productivity was
always important and wor-
ried employees never pro-
duced as well as happy
ones.
Studying research on the
topic I learned several key
ideas for helping people
relearn behavior that would
reduce or eliminate worry.
University researchers
learned several decades ago
that the human mind does
not know the difference
between something actually
done and something very
visually imagined. This was
the discovery, which began
the use of visualization
techniques in sports train-
ing. For example, a basket-
ball player who practiced
making free throws physi-
cally would make mistakes
but if he practiced for an
hour very carefully visual-
izing the perfect shot he
could build the habit of cor-
rect form faster than when
he was shooting the ball and
making mistakes.
We know that worry is
based in fear. A valuable
method of helping a person
break the worry habit, and
yes it is a habit, is to get
them to focus on something
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positive in their life. Having
understood that dreaming is
a form of visualization and
learning that people tend
to dream about things they
have been thinking about
just before going to sleep, I
developed a simple tool to
help people become more
focused on the positive. I
called the tool, <My Win
Book.=
It9s very easy to use. You
can make your own. Buy a
small spiral notebook and
put the words <My Win
Book= on the cover, placing
the book next to your bed.
Every night, just before
turning off the light, pick
up your Win Book and write
three things that went well
during the day. If you have
had a really terrible day,
your first entry may be; <I
remembered to pick up my
Win Book and begin to
write.=
Anything positive is a
win. As you do this more
and more each night you
will find that you begin to
make mental notes dur-
ing the day of items you
will put in your Win Book.
After about a week, you
will find it is very easy to
write at least three items.
By the second week you9ll
be enjoying the process and
by the end of a month you
will notice that most of your
worries have gone away.
I9ve actually had people
tell me that the Win Book
completely changed their
lives or saved them from
suicide.
The point is to change
your life9s habit from focus-
ing on what isn9t working
and what terrible things
Painted Lady
may be headed your way, to
noticing all the wonderful
things going on in your life.
When you follow up
your Win Book habit with
thankful prayer you can
completely transform your-
self. We so often think of
using prayer as a way of
asking God for help or to
give us something. The
most powerful prayer is
that of thankfulness. If you
have any kind of a relation-
ship with your Creator, He
knows what you need. So
it9s when you begin to say
<thank you for all you do for
me= that your relationship
moves to a higher level.
A thankful heart rarely
worries. A thankful heart is
filled with God9s love and
appreciation of everything
and everyone around it. A
worried heart is filled with
fear, crowding out love and
God.
Our Creator gave us a
fabulous brain and excel-
lent communication skills.
We can use that brain,
which is even better than
my Scotties9, to build new
habits of thankfulness and
appreciation. Yes, there are
always potentially ominous
clouds out there on the hori-
zon but if you look back on
your worrying habit, you
will find that most of the
things you worried about
never came to pass and the
worry didn9t change any-
thing anyway.
Embrace love and thank-
fulness and let worry fly
away.
Can all your worries add
a single moment to your
life? 4 Matthew 6:27
PERSONNEL: Sisters unit
to temporarily include
different deputies
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City Manager Cory
Misley was surprised with
the alterations.
<The timing of these
changes is unfortunate in
that we just introduced the
deputies to the community,
and it is very early in the
life of the contract with the
DCSO,= he said. <However,
the City plays only a small
role in the personnel mat-
ters of the Sisters substation.
They are ultimately respon-
sible for their personnel
decisions.=
U n til D e p . H u d so n
leaves at the end of this
month, the City has had
the benefit of four depu-
ties instead of three. All
four of the deputies and Lt.
Davis will take part in the
Citizens4Community Zoom
Let9s Talk! meeting with
the deputies on Monday,
November 16. Contact C4C
at citizens4community@
gmail.com if you are inter-
ested in participating online
(see related story, page 3).
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