Get really comfortable, sit back, clear your head, and try this mental
exercise....it is guaranteed to reduce your stress level. 
 
                     Okay, now... 
 
                     Picture yourself near a stream. 
                     Birds are softly chirping in the crisp, cool mountain air. 
                     Nothing can bother you here. 
                     No one knows this secret place. 
                     You are in total seclusion from that place called "the world". 
                     The soothing sound of a waterfall fills the air with a cascade of  serenity. 
                     The water is crystal clear. Small fish are swimming. You smell clean, 
                      fresh air and hear the trickling water. 
                     
                    You can easily make out the face of the person whose head you're 
                     holding under the water. 

                     Look. It's the person who caused you all this stress in the first 
                     place. 

                     What a pleasant surprise. 

                     You let them up.....just for a quick breath.....then Ploop!......back 
                     under they go. 

                     You allow yourself as many deep, soothing breaths as you want. 
                     There now......feeling better?