Mantra?... Whats yours??...

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I am in need of some new mantras to get me through stressful times...

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It's not just a job, it's an adventure!!!

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Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow."

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Let go or be dragged.

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“Well, we all make mistakes, dear, so just put it behind you. We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.”

― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea

Anne of Green Gables has tons of great quotes to lift your spirits and keep you going.

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Specializes in Med-Surg ICU.

"The King will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.'" - Jesus

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Specializes in mental health / psychiatic nursing.

"Create in me a pure heart, O my God, and renew a tranquil conscience within me, O my Hope" is something find myself repeating mentally over and over again when I'm feeling stressed, frustrated, or just a little to frantic at work. It's part of a longer prayer, but just taking a deep breath and running that portion of it through my head a few times can give me the grounding to drop some physical tension and get my mental focus back.

If I'm really having a bad day my chant is more a mental litany of "Do not scream at the residents, do not scream at the residents"

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Specializes in CEN, CFRN, PHRN, RCIS, EMT-P.

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime; give a man religion and he will die praying for a fish. - Unknown

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Specializes in Neuroscience.

I usually take about 30 seconds to pause, exhale while saying "oooohhhhhmmmmm", focus on a positive aspect from God (kindness, love, peace, patience, mercy, etc.), then go about my merry little way.

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