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    Don't Sweat it, Kid
    Don't Sweat it, Kid
    Don't Sweat it, Kid
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    Don't Sweat it, Kid

    By Dr. Joyce W. Teal

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    Don't Sweat it, Kid is Book 1 of the trilogy and also the trilogy's title (The Don't Sweat it, Kid Trilogy). It is targeted for adolescents between the ages of 11 through 17. It consists of three volumes that are loaded with information and scenarios that are designed to provoke thought and effect positive changes in adolencents' behavior and way of thinking about ordinary occurrences and experiences in their lives. In these books, they will find easy solutions to some of their most recurring problems and stress-provoking situations.
    As a young person entering or going through adolescence, there have been or will be times during this phase of your life when you will have to make decisions that can potentially change or set the course for the rest of your life. Don’t Sweat It, Kid has been written for you. It can help you to make these important decisions,
    and it can help you to make them in a way that will be advantageous to you.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateNov 4, 2013
    ISBN9781483512884
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      Don't Sweat it, Kid - Dr. Joyce W. Teal

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      Introduction

      Those who cross their bridges before they arrive at them pay the toll twice.

      Adolescence is not an easy phase of life, but it is a temporary one. As a young person making the journey through this phase in your life, never lose sight of the fact that it is temporary. It will not last forever. It will one day seem so insignificant to your existence. It will one day be something that you will reflect upon and laugh about.

      This being the case, don’t sweat the small stuff, and most of the things that you allow to stress you out and cause you heartfelt pain definitely fit into the category of small stuff. Don’t create pseudo emergencies that can cause you and the people who love you big problems when all it is is small stuff. The only drama associated with most of our daily encounters are the dramas we, ourselves, create.

      Whenever you must deal with bad news, like the death of a beloved grandparent or a broken date, know that you choose your own reactions to these situations, and the choices you make will determine, to a very large degree, your own peace of mind and level of stress.

      Now I do not mean to suggest that you behave at times like these as if nothing has happened and as if you have not been impacted at all by these occurrences. What I am suggesting is that you don’t add to the stress that you feel or that of others by creating unnecessary drama. During times such as these, help yourself and the other people who care about you to get through them and to get past them by taking the time to think before you react. When you do, you’ll find that you are strong and that you can cope with difficult situations without falling apart and without causing unnecessary stress to yourself and others. Just remember, Don’t Sweat It, Kid. In the grand scheme of things, it’s really not all that important!

      You can be a happy, well-adjusted young person if you make up your mind that you will not let the small stuff in your life drive you crazy. Whenever things happen that are unpleasant, and know that unpleasant things happen in everybody’s life, make a genuine effort to keep them in perspective. Determine not to create unnecessary drama but to accept the this too shall pass, and get on with the business of living your pleasant life in spite of the infrequent occurrences of unpleasantness. Do not believe, as Chicken Little, that the sky is falling, whenever you are faced with one of life’s difficulties or unpleasant situations. I hasten to assure you that it isn’t!

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      Don’t Sweat It, Kid

      Think about how much easier your life could be, and how much happier you could be, if you learned not to sweat the small stuff, and that most, if not all of it, is small stuff. For example, suppose you go into the cafeteria at school today and another group of students is sitting at the table where you and your friends have sat since school started this year.

      As you enter the cafeteria and observe these other kids sitting at your table, you immediately look around for your buddies. You spot three of them in the fast food line. You walk over to them and just as you are about to ask them if they see who’s sitting at your table, one of the cafeteria monitors, a teacher who you already don’t like says, Go to the end of the line. You know cutting isn’t allowed.

      You then tell him, I’m not trying to cut. I’m just talking to my friends. The teacher doesn’t want to hear what you’ve got to say. He just wants you to move to the end of the line. You don’t want to hear what the teacher has to say. All you want to do is warn your friends that another group is sitting where you usually sit. It never even crosses your mind that there are other empty tables that you and your buddies can occupy, without a hassle. You don’t yet realize that it’s small stuff that you are allowing to cause you big

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