"Do you ever overreact?"

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A medical student was doing a rotation in toxicology at the poison control center. A mother called in very upset because she caught her little daughter eating ants. The med student quickly reassured her that the ants weren’t harmful and there would be no need to bring her daughter to the hospital.

The mother calmed down and at the end of the conversation happened to casually mention that she gave her daughter some ant poison to eat in order to kill the ants. The med student told her that she better bring her daughter into the emergency room right away.

Sometimes we overreact to life situations, don’t we? A problem seems worse than it is and we think it requires a bigger than is necessary solution. It’s easy to lose our heads at such times.

Today, something is bound to happen that seems like a huge problem. Just stop and ask yourself, “Is it really all that bad?” Chances are its not and you can avoid poisoning the situation and instead let God get involved. Stay calm as you listen to life and make a life, not just a living.

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