Are You Ruling Stress [OR Is It The Other Way Around]

 

Is STRESS our enemy, our nemesis?  Sort of.  And allow me to give a qualified answer.  If you're having a good handle of STRESS, then STRESS is on your side.  BUT IF STRESS is hovering all over you, then, we have a ballgame and that ballgame may run roughshod on you, on us.  The worst misconception about STRESS is that it is the consequence arising from either a problem OR a brewing problem.  BUT in real life, such is NOT the case📗📙📘

A case in point.  If you're jobhunting and you were shortlisted as one of the three final candidates and the next round will need you to host a presentation to senior executives with regard a common agenda set for all the three candidates.  Question is, as you prepare yourself for that presentation, do you consider it as a STRESS OR a challenge?  To quote the 19th century American philosopher William Jones, if you think of it as STRESSFUL, then it undoubtedly will be💥💥💥

Now, with regard jobhunting, generally, those job opportunities do NOT come around every day, NOT even if it's a handyman's job BUT opportunities to feel STRESS do.  There are the daily pressures of daily life itself, those chronic traffic gridlocks you need to endure every time you drive in the metro area OR you're staring at a work deadline that is simply impossible to achieve OR if you have a child with a running fever, WHEN you are lost or confused HOW to prioritize your child without missing out on your work deliverables for that day❎❎❎

And YES, if those stressful samplings are NOT enough, there are much bigger pressures that will lead to more stressful situations.  LIKE marital conflicts, the loss of a job, the demise of a family member OR a close friend and from time to time, we do get caught in a major traumatic event over WHICH we simply DON'T have any contro, such as cyclones, floods, volcanoe eruptions, name it.  Again to cling back to William Jones' sage advice...

ACCEPTANCE OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THE FIRST STEP TO OVERCOMING THE CONSEQUENCES OF MISFORTUNE.  Call it force majeure.  YES, unfortunately, contemporary life is jam packed with STRESS.  YES, we are warned to cut back on the STRESS in our lives OR face the consequences.  Too bad, STRESS is usually thought of as an enemy BUT frankly, any event, even positive ones [like hosting a party] can be STRESSFUL.  Our takeaway:  MINDSET IS THE KEY.  That will dictate your fate in the midst of STRESS😗😗😗