Nothing is permanent. Don’t stress yourself too much, because no matter how bad the situation is, it will change.
How do you combat the variables in your life that create the greatest stress?
Do you internalize them and allow their perceptual strength to dominate your consciousness or have you learned alternate methods of diverting your attention to other aspects of life that are far more capable of alleviating your short term woes, and focusing your energy towards the prerequisite components that are capable of removing the stressful variables from your immediate attention?
When we find ourselves in times of trouble, we are prone to have an emotional reaction, which is completely normal and to be expected.
In my experience, the people from whom I have learned most, are capable of sequestering that stress and compartmentalizing it enough to enable them to not only function, but to leverage other resources in their world that might be capable of helping to diminish that stress with their concerted attention.
Our opportunity to learn and thereby ultimately master these skills, could not be more important to our ability to survive.
The term, “calm under pressure,” arises from people who have witnessed others who demonstrate this capacity, and who are ultimately advanced enough to exert their own mental influence on whatever components are potentially dragging them down, which allows them to then leverage their internal focus on ultimately reducing or eliminating anything that continues to cause them stress and anxiety.
There are hundreds of solutions to processing stress, using both internal and external variables. Regardless of which methodology is ultimately best suited for your personal situation, it is a wise practice to learn what these options might be, and to experiment with enough of them, until you find the right combination of stimuli to assist you in turning off the stress and ultimately regaining complete control of your overall being.
Happy Tuesday!
Brian Weiner 