{"id":46162,"date":"2017-06-06T07:59:13","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T12:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=46162"},"modified":"2017-06-14T08:01:16","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T13:01:16","slug":"a-friend-asked-how-do-i-cope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/a-friend-asked-how-do-i-cope\/","title":{"rendered":"A friend asked how do I cope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/girl-blowing-butterflies-dark-bg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-46163\" src=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/girl-blowing-butterflies-dark-bg-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/girl-blowing-butterflies-dark-bg-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/girl-blowing-butterflies-dark-bg.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A friend asked me, &#8220;with all that&#8217;s going on, how do you <span class=\"highlightNode\">cope<\/span>?&#8221; I <span class=\"highlightNode\">cope\u00a0<\/span>with life by training myself to have an interest in things around me, and by always looking for the helpers, looking for the silver lining, looking for someone to give a kind word to, and by training my self talk to keep me motivated and uplifted. 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