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When to take things seriously
(By Ian Mundi)

I beleive that one of the more important things we need to learn is to know when to take things seriously, and when to not. It is so easy at times, to not think, let your emotions take control of you, and get stressed over something that is really no big deal. The kind of control and thought to keep this from happening takes emotional maturity, and constant awareness of your own feelings. Some examples of this for our younger students, would be like losing in a game, or your siblings bothering you. My younger brother Aidan steals and hides my weapons all the time, and often puts them in very inventive places, but I try not to let it get to me, I ask them to give them back, and not oblige if he wants to play games with me. I dont get angry because I know I will get my weapons back soon enough, and presto! I just saved myself some unneccesary stress. If you can just look at a situation, and realize its not as big as you might think it may be initialy. There is though, another side to this. Also using this process of truly considering situations to see when to take things more seriously. When you come across a situation that may seem innocent at first, to consider it again, and see if you need to take it more seriously then you normally would. This is always a problem, that we need to confront sooner or later, where we underestimate situations. In both cases, it requires looking past initial feelings or interpretations, to come out with a more apropriate outlook. So going through the day, say to yourself "maybe I dont need to take this as seriously as I did" and "maybe I should take a second look at this" it will save you a lot of stress, and improve emotional maturity, and your outlook on life.

-By Ian Mundi