It's easy for most of us to feel powerless when things in our lives change rapidly. It's natural to focus on all we've lost and the challenges ahead. A Personal Safety Nets® approach emphasized the personal power inherent in identifying the many choices that exist, rather than on the problems.

1. We can ask for help
2. We can gather information
3. We can choose whom to tell
4. We can invite the opportunity to learn
5. We can say "no" when it's appropriate - because, after all, it is our life.