23 January, 2016

Stress is a Killer ~ Turn it Around

Stress is a killer, thereby making it necessary for us to seek serenity. It is a shame that we have to seek serenity because we were not put here to be stressed or unhappy and frustrated. Stress must be taken out of our lives, however; there are stressors that we cannot get rid of such as co-workers, bosses, and certain situations. For those stressors that we cannot lose, we have to learn how do deal with them. Breathing, music, exercise and meditation help us to relieve stress. Simply being grateful relieves stress because being grateful for something gives us hope that we will have more things in life to be grateful for. Further, turning everything from negative to positive relieves stress. For example, if you are annoyed by something that a co-worker does, first be grateful that you have a job because that quashes thoughts of negativity such as I hate my job, I wish I didn't have this job and so forth. After you find something to be grateful for, it is time to make what happened positive. Did your co-worker teach you something? Maybe you don't like the way she went about it but maybe there is a lesson involved. You may even feel better thanking your co-worker for teaching you something. As many of us live in cultures where competition is important, this idea may be totally against the norm, but; can anyone compete with being the better person? That is the question~

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