All of us can recall the times when suddenly, out of nowhere, we get struck by a case of hiccups. Usually they end up disappearing in a matter of a few moments. But then there are other times they prove more persistent. So we go through all the remedies: holding our breath, breathing into a paper bag, putting sugar under our tongue and of course, the one I hated, having someone scare the living daylights out of us!
Jennifer Mee is a 15 year old Floridian who has been in the vise like grip of a case of hiccups since January 23rd. She hiccups about 50 times a minute and the hiccups stop only when she is asleep. She has tried all the remedies (and more) that I mentioned above and none have worked. She has had lots of blood work done, a CT Scan and a MRI. All have come back negative, leaving doctors puzzled and Jennifer in pain. She is now receiving lots of national attention (just the other day her plight was featured on NBC's Today Show). Hopefully, any day now, her hiccups will go away -- just as mysteriously as they arrived!
Hiccups are a part of life. And sometimes, in a figurative sense, we face hiccups in our daily routines. Our computer gives us an error message. Our car stalls out. A friend forgets to return a call. Just as physical hiccups irritate us, so do these figurative hiccups. And if we are not careful, as the hiccups pile up and the irritation builds, we can become angry people. DON'T allow this to happen. Learn to roll with the hiccups that WILL come your way. Life is too short to let the small stuff get to you!
Thanks for listening,
pj
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