Are you suffering from indigestion or insomnia or back pain? You are not alone. It’s going around. It’s not a virus. It’s stress. It’s a spiritual thing that manifests itself in our emotional and physical life.
There are some preventive measures you can take.
- Reflect. I find when I walk into a room, I turn on the television. When I climb into my truck, I turn on the radio. We live in a busy and noisy world that will suck the life out of us if we let it. How about some quiet to pause and reflect.
- Rest. Some of us never seem to stop. We need rest. We need time when we are not struggling with the problems of life or dashing about to do all we feel we need to get done. Sometimes a better use of our time is to stop and, for a brief period, just do nothing. Catch a breath. You will come back with new focus and enthusiasm. Rest can be time well spent.
- Recreate. One of our problems is that much of what we do, doesn’t produce anything satisfying. Do something that creates in a way that’s a bit different and totally satisfying for you. For some, it might involve painting, writing, or playing a musical instrument. For others, it might even involve rebuilding an engine or baking a cake. These activities never seem urgent, but they are vitally important.
- Relate. Sometimes our stress is tied up with being all wound up within our selves. We need others. We need the perspective that it’s not all about us. We are not alone. Our struggles and stresses are not unique. We discover that when we spend time relating.
For most of us it’s a “snow” day. Might be a good time to reflect, rest, recreate and relate. Maybe we will wake up tomorrow with less stress and more perspective and excitement about all that we really need to do.
Be blessed.
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