Execute a Special Plan - Denise Brown

Denise on September 6th, 2010

ESP usually means “extrasensory perception.”
Today, it means: Execute a Special Plan.
When you look around and think, “I’m out of options. I can’t find another choice,” use your ESP. When you want to sit and cry because nothing seems to work, use your ESP. When you want to run and hide because it seems so much bigger than you, use your ESP.
Your ESP contains ideas, suggestions, support and inspirations. Turn a box or a folder into your ESP that includes:

• the good ideas you hear from your support group;
• a directory of phone numbers for organizations and individuals who may be able to help;
• clips of articles you read that make you think, “Now that’s a good idea!”;
• pages from books that offer tips on making difficult decisions;
• past ESPs, including what part of the plan worked and why it worked;
• photos and quotes that bring comfort.

Then, when you feel caregiving spinning out of control, go to your ESP. Your ESP does just that—helping you execute a very special plan when a very special plan is exactly what’s needed.

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