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Don Read, EDS Director

What if there was a solution to stress so simple that it involved nothing more than feeling

thankful for the good things in your life? In fact, there is. That solution is called gratitude.

Studies have shown that people who regularly practice feeling thankful have a leg up hen it

comes to their health. Robertt Emmons, a psychology professor at the University of

California at Davis, has been a leading researcher in this growing field, termed “positive

psychology.” His research has found that those who adopt an “attitude of gratitude” as a

permanent state of mind experience many health benefits.

Emmons’ findings, along with those from other researchers such as Lisa Aspinwall, a

psychology professor at the University of Utah, suggest that grateful people may be more

likely to:

Take better care of themselves physically and mentally

Engage in more protective health behaviors and maintenance

Get more regular exercise

Eat a healthier diet

Have improved mental alertness

Schedule regular physical examinations with their doctor

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Cope better with stress

Feel happier and more optimistic

Avoid problematic physical symptoms

Have stronger immune systems

Maintain a brighter view of the future

Focus Attention Outward

Your attitude plays a large role in determining whether you can feel grateful in spite of life’s

challenges. According to Emmon’s gratitude is defined by your attitude towards both outside

world and yourself. He suggests that those who are more aware of the positives in their lives

tend to focus their attention outside of themselves.

Be Mindful of What you Have

You may assume that those with more material possessions have to be grateful for. However,

research suggests otherwise. Edward Diener, a psychology professor at the University of

Illinois, found that a high percentage of affluent people in Japan report low levels of life

satisfaction, just as those living in poverty in India do. These findings suggest that it’s not how

much you have, but how you feel about what you have that makes to the difference.

Recovery from Disaster

Keep a Journal

Recording what you feel grateful for in a journal is a great way to give thanks on a regular

basis. Emmons found that those who listed five things they felt grateful for in a weekly

gratitude journal reported fewer health problems and greater optimism than those who

didn’t. A second study suggests that daily writing led to a greater increase in gratitude than

weekly writing .

Reframe Situations as Positive

It’s not actually a challenging situation that is upsetting. It’s how you perceive the situation.

The next time you find yourself complaining about life’s hassles, see if you can mentally “flip

the switch” to frame things differently. For example, rather than getting down about missing

an opportunity, try to see the positive side. You might now have more time to direct towards

other priorities.

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In the USA The Salvation Army's first major forays into disaster relief resulted from the tragedies of the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The Salvationists' nationwide appeals for financial and material donations yielded tremendous support, enabling the Army to provide assistance to thousands.

General Evangeline Booth, when she offered the services of Salvationists to President Woodrow Wilson during the First World War, thrust Salvation Army social and relief work to newer heights. Today the Salvation Army is best known for its charitable efforts.

The Salvation Army is a non-governmental relief agency and is usually among the first to arrive with help after natural or man-made disasters. They have worked to alleviate suffering and help people rebuild their lives. After the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, they arrived immediately at some of the worst disaster sites to help retrieve and bury the dead. Since then they have helped rebuild homes and construct new boats for people to recover their livelihood. Members were prominent among relief organizations after Hurricane Hugo and Hurricane Andrew and other such natural disasters in the United States. In August 2005, they supplied drinking water to poor people affected by the heat wave in the United States. Later in 2005 they responded to hurcanes Katrina and Rita. They have helped the victims of an earthquake in Indonesia in May 2006.

The Salvation Army was one of the first relief agencies on the scene of the September 11 attacks in New York. They also provided prayer support for families of missing people.

The Salvation Army, along with the American National Red Cross, Southern Baptist Convention, and other disaster relief organisations, are national members of the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD).[39] Also among the disaster relief capabilities is the Red Shield Defence Services, often called the SallyMan for short. The effort that they put in is similar to that of a chaplain, and reaches many more, offering cold drinks, hot drinks, and some biscuits for the soldiers of the military to have, though, if a SallyMan is on deployment, the locals are offered a share in the produce.

In Australia the Salvation Army have Emergency Services Support Units throughout the country, providing food and other welfare to members of the Emergency Services such as bushfires, floods, land search, and other both large- and small-scale emergency operations undertaken by Police, Fire, Ambulance and State Emergency Ser-vice members, and the general public affected by these events.

The William Booth Memorial Training College, Denmark Hill, London: The College for Officer Training of The Salvation Army in the UK

Since Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, The

Salvation Army has allocated donations of more than

$365 million to serve more than 1.7 million people in

nearly every state. The Army’s immediate response to

Hurricane Katrina included the mobilization of more

than 178 canteen feeding units and 11 field kitchens

which together have served more than 5.7 million hot

meals, 8.3 million sandwiches, snacks and drinks. Its

SATERN (Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio

Network)[38]network of amateur ham-radio operators

picked up where modern communications left off to

help locate more than 25,000 survivors. Salvation

Army pastoral care counsellors were on hand to

comfort the emotional and spiritual needs of 277,000

individuals. As part of the overall effort, Salvation

Army officers, employees and volunteers have

contributed more than 900,000 hours of service.

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The Salvation Army is a Christian church and international charitable organisation structured in a quasi-military fashion. The organisation reports a worldwide membership of over 1.5 million,[2]consisting of soldiers, officers and adherents known as Salvationists. Its founders Catherineand William Booth sought to bring salvation to the poor, destitute and hungry by meeting both their "physical and spiritual needs". It is present in 127 countries,[3] running charity shops, oper-ating shelters for the homeless, and providing personal hygiene products[4][5] and disaster relief and humanitarian aid to developing countries.

The theology of the Salvation Army is derived from that of Methodism although it is distinctive in institution and prac-tice. The Army's doctrine is typical of evangelical Protestant denominations. The Army's purposes are "the advancement of the Christian religion ...of education, the relief of poverty, and other charitable objects beneficial to society or the community of mankind as a whole".[6]

The Army was founded in 1865 in London by one-time Methodist circuit-preacher William Booth. Originally known as the East London Christian Mission, in 1878 Booth reorganised the mission, becoming its first General and introducing the military structure which has been retained to the present day.[7] The current world leader of The Salvation Army is Gen-eral André Cox, who was elected by the High Council

The Salvation Army

Classification Protestant

Orientation Holiness movement

Theology Wesleyan

Structure Quasi-military

Leader General André Cox

Region Worldwide

Headquarters London, United Kingdom

Founder General William Booth

Origin 2 July 1865[1] London, United Kingdom

Separated from Methodism

Congregations 15,409[2]

Members 1,150,666[2]

Ministers 26,359[2]

Official website www.salvationarmy.org

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Feeling less than motivated all too often? I do. Well, perhaps not that often. But

sometimes I just feel really lazy and unmotivated.

Here are some practical solutions to that universal problem. Try a few. I've found at least one or two that have worked for me.

Make a deal with yourself. Good for

overcoming procrastination and getting things done. You can make the deal small or large. You simple tell yourself something like: Taking a walk in the park and enjoying an ice-cream.

Act like it. If you don’t feel motivated or

enthusiastic then act like it. The strange thing is that within a few minutes you actually start to feel motivated or enthusiastic for real.

Ask uplifting questions in the morning. Here’s what you do; every morning

ask yourself five empowering three-part questions this way: What am I ______ about in my life right now? What about it makes me _______? How does it make me feel? Put in your own value in the blank space. For instance, a couple of questions are: What am I happy about in my life right now? What am I excited about in my life right now?

These morning questions are great because the way they are set up makes you recognize things you take for granted and then they really get you to feel those positive feelings.

Move the goal posts. Set a large and

specific goal. This will motivate you much more than small goals. A big goal has a big effect and

can create a lot of motivation.

Do something small and create a flow. Just clean your desk. Or pay your bills. Or wash the dishes. You just need to get started. When you have finished that small task you’ll feel more alert and ready to go do the next thing. You just to get started to get motivated. So if you really don’t feel like doing anything, start with something small and work your way out up.

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Do the toughest task first. This will ease a lot of your day-to-day worries and boost your self-confidence

for the rest of the day. Read more about doing the hardest task bright and early.

Start slow. Instead of jumping into something at full speed start slow. When you do that your mind will not visualize the task as something hard that you have to do fast, fast, fast. If your mind sees such things guess what often happens? Yep, you don’t get started. Actually getting started, even if it’s at a slow pace, is a whole lot better than not getting started at all.

Compare yourself with yourself. Not with others. Comparing what you have and your results to what other people have and have accomplished can really kill your motivation. There are always people ahead of you. Most likely quite a bit of people. And a few of them are miles ahead. So focus on you. On your results. And how you can and have improved them.

Reviewing your results is important so you see where you have gone wrong in the past to avoid similar missteps further on. But it’s also important because it’s a great motivator to see how much you have improved and how far you have come. Often you can be pleasantly surprised when you do such a review.

Remember your successes. And let them flow through your mind instead of your failures. Write down

your successes. Consider using a journal of some kind since it’s easy to forget your successes.

Act like your heroes. Read about them, watch them, listen to them. Discover what they did that was special and what made them tick. But remember that they are people just like us. So let them inspire you instead of looking up at them admiringly.

Remember to have fun. Or create fun in a task. Then you’ll stay motivated to do and finish it.

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REACH: Victim(s) are located close to the shoreline and the rescuer(s) can retrieve

them by reaching with their persons, rescue pole or hook, an oar, a backboard, etc without having to enter the water. Victim(s) must be conscious, alert, and able to grab and hold on to the reaching device for this method to be considered.

THROW: Victim(s) are too far away from the shoreline to be reached with a rigid

object. Rescuers can throw ropes, rope bags, flotation rings or discs tied to a rope, a PDF tied to a rope, etc. to retrieve the victim without having to enter the water. Victim(s) must be conscious, alert, and able to grab and hold on to the thrown object for this method to be considered.

ROW: Victim(s) are too far away from the shoreline to be reached or

to have a flotation device thrown to them. Rescuers must use a boat or approved watercraft to access and retrieve the victim(s) without having to enter the water. Once close enough to the victim(s), rescuers can Reach, Throw, or lift them directly into the boat (whichever method is easiest and safest). Victim(s) may be conscious and alert or unconscious.

GO: Rescuers must physically enter the water and swim

to the victim(s) to retrieve them. This method may be used from the shoreline or from a boat depending on the circumstances. This method is typically used for unconscious victims but may also be used for conscious and alert victims that are in distress or unable to grab and hold on to a flotation device. Only those rescuers, who are strong swimmers, should enter the water to retrieve a victim.

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KEY ITEMS TO REMEMBER FOR ANY WATER RESCUE:

COMMUNICATION IS KEY!!!: Rescuers on and off shore should be in constant

communication with each other as well as the victim(s). Those rescuers not directly retrieving the victims need to be the eyes and ears or “spotters” for those rescuers that are retrieving the victims.

PERSONAL SAFETY IS PARAMOUNT: We are trying to rescue the victims already

in the water, not create new ones! All rescuers in or near the water MUST be wearing Personal Flotation Devices (PFDs). All rescuers on shore should also be wearing PFDs when possible. A rescuer should never remove his or her PFD and place it on a victim. Whenever possible, rescuers should tie themselves off to a stationary object on shore to prevent being pulled into the water (i.e., trees, rocks, pylons, buildings, apparatus, etc.).

KEEP IT SIMPLE!: Rescuers should try to avoid entering the water whenever possible.

Don’t Throw, Row, or Go if a victim can easily be reached from the shoreline.

BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS: During any incident, rescuers need to

be alert and aware of the hazards around them. Be sure to consider the weather, hazards on the shoreline, hazards in the water, currents, other watercraft, etc. when planning any type of open water rescue.

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The purpose of this announcement is to

provide specialized information to a

targeted audience. EDS Strike Team Corps

Members should use this training as a great

way to enhance their knowledge and

When: June 18, 2016

Time: 9:30am to 2:30pm

Where: Sierra Del Mar Divisional

Headquarters

Door

Prize!!

If interested, please register with La Shon

Palmer at 619-446-0200.

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Coming up in the June 2016 Director’s Notebook…

Thanks to La Shon Palmer my

Assistant and to all the other

contributors to this months

Director’s Notebook.

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