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Thanksgiving (with Emotional Intelligence) Haiku


Celebrate your Thanksgiving with EQ and INTENTIONALITY
Thanksgiving comes soon Review your basic EQ Intend to enjoy.
POSITIVE OUTLOOK
Holiday at Bill’s I miss my own great stuffing I focus elsewhere.
OPTIMISM
Christmas will soon come I have way too much to do Optimistic, I.
SELF-SOOTHING
Thanksgiving at Mom's My sisters will fight again I will breathe deeply.
FLEXIBILITY
Dinner at Kayla's What's this, we're having a quiche?? I am flexible.
COMPASSION
Feast at the bride's house Lumpy gravy, burned turkey Compassionate time.
RESILIENCE
Thanksgiving, no Chet Resilient I have become For this I give thanks.
HIJACKING
First meal for my boss Will my fear hijack me now? Not with my EQ.
INTUITION
The host is yawning My intuition tells me Time to go on home.
LIMBIC BRAIN
My child is crying I choose to use empathy Time for limbic brain.
REPTILIAN BRAIN
Doug holds me closely We kiss while the dinner burns The reptilian brain.
CHOICES
Introvert heaven Thanksgiving alone at home Extraverts


gather.
CONSTRUCTIVE DISCONTENT
Stressed, we have a fight Conflict resolution skills Will come in handy.
CREATIVITY
Oven is broken. Arnold must be creative. He will grill turkey.
EMOTION MANAGEMENT
Tablecloth is pink What’s wrong with this holiday? I manage my response.
TRUST RADIUS
On Thanksgiving Day I meet many new people Friends for the future.
PERSONAL POWER
On this special day Good, bad or indifferent I choose to enjoy.
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