28 Quotes About Coping-strategies

Something wonderful begins to happen with the simple realization that life, like an automobile, is driven from the inside out, not the other way around. As you focus more on becoming more peaceful with where you are, rather than focusing on where you would rather be, you begin to find peace right now, in the present. Then, as you move around, try new things, and meet new people, you carry that sense of inner peace with you. It's absolutely true that, "Wherever you go, there you are.

Artistic expression, even when it's unpleasant, can be a healthy way of coping with feelings.

Just now I'm not so grateful to be living.My ears and eyes are buried in my book,Because I dare not look, I dare not look.

For children who depend on mentally escaping into their minds to survive, imagination can become both refuge and desert island.

The only consolation I had was buying things. If I bought some pretty thing it cheered me up for a while.

But it's a changeable world! When we consider how great our sorrow seem, and how small they are; how we think we shall die of grief, and how quickly we forget, I think we ought to be ashamed of ourselves and our fickle-heartedness. For, after all, what business has Time to bring us consolation?

It sounded somewhat doom-laden, so I felt obliged to look it up more thoroughly, in case I should eat some chocolate rather quickly.

You can’t be beaten by something you laugh at.

Postponing duties, especially when those duties are painful ones, is also a temporary way of surviving.