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COSMOS EXPLAINS THE GRIZZLY BEAR STORY
This story will help you learn that what you tell yourself about a situation determines how you feel (emotions) and how you act (behavior). Your emotions and behaviors can be appropriate (correct) only if your thinking is correct (rational). It is your Stinky (not correct) thinking that leads to the emotional and behavioral problems in your life.
Have you ever planned a trip to go fishing or a picnic, only to discover that it is raining so much that you can’t go as planned? Did you become angry or sad about the situation? Did you fuss or mope around the rest of the day? If you did, you are like most people. We react in the same way over and over again. That is, when disappointed, we get angry or sad and fuss about how “unfair” it is that it rained or that we did not get the grade we wanted or did not make the team.
All of this is typical but not necessary. In fact, you can probably think of times you acted just like the characters in the story and got in trouble (just not so bad that bears ate you). If this continues into your adolescence and adult life it can cause many problems, from losing friends and jobs to drug abuse.
The lesson of this story is that You Control How You Feel and How You Behave When You Control What You Think.
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