Stop Looking and Start Finding

I rarely find items when I felt pressured or anxious about them.  One time, I was about to go for a chiropractic appointment but I couldn’t locate my car keys; I was frantically looking and looking and I ended up finally calling and canceling my appointment.  A little while later when I stopped looking, I found my keychain resting in the deadbolt of the back door.  From this experience and many others, I have come to acknowledge that the anxiety that we feel hinders our intuition and sight for finding misplaced items.  Have you ever tried to remember someone’s name?  For me it comes so much easier when I deliberately stop thinking about that person.  Also, when I really want to figure something out or I want a solution fast, thinking about the problem over and over does not help with the solution; it isn’t until I change the subject and do something enjoyable and relaxing that I find an answer. There’s a reason why people tell you to “sleep on it.”

A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book.       
~Irish Proverb