If you chase two rabbits, both will escape. Back to Index 3 . He offers practical advice as to how we can stop talking to ourselves with these self-destructive messages. He suggests that we place a rubber band around our wrists, and every time we say or think something negative about ourselves, we snap the rubber band.
Most people are absolutely shocked when they realize how harshly they talk to themselves.
They had no idea how painfully inferior they were making themselves feel until they started snapping and snapping and snapping. Don't Let Jerks Get the Best of You , Advice for Dealing with Difficult People , by Paul Meier, M.D., Thomas Nelson Publishers. Cited in Parables, Etc . Back to Index 4 . Lord, when we are too well pleased with ourselves, When our dreams have come true Because we dreamed too little, Because we sailed too close to the shore.