Have a look ...
What does the
wind and stress
have in common?
Ok this IS a weird thing to say,
but just wait, think about it - take a moment
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It's TIME again to do that important
self check for Stress.
Here goes ... starting with the wind.
You can feel the air moving from the wind
but you can’t see it.
You can only see and feel how it affects other things.
You can see if
there is a soft gentle breeze or not by looking at the leaves on the trees or
by noticing how the clouds are moving.
The wind
can shape our landscape, be the force for windmills, and as it changes in
strength it can become the warnings for destruction and danger.
Yes, you love the soft breeze that brings
freshness to the air or the scent of spring flowers, and you love the puff that brings a touch of coolness on a hot summer’s day.
But, it can quickly build up into a windstorm warning, a threatening twister and other intense storms. The destruction, personal danger, loss and property damage
can be very extensive.
Can You see Stress.
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What does it
look like, what color is it?
If you could buy it, you’d for
sure be asking for a refund!
If you have too much, you can probably feel & sense it, and we can see
how it affects others.
What worries me is that sometimes others don't recognize it as Stress and just call it their crazy busy life until something happens.
As freeing as the photo is, it also lets us know that our life, world can change at any time.
The day I took this picture the wind felt good, opened me up and sent positive energy my way.
It let me know things were always changing on top but below the surface it was quiet.
Unfortunately Stress lives below and on the surface.
It sometimes sneaks in and other times it rudely barges in at the worst times
and digs in to make other things that are not going well even worse.
It seems to like to pile up on other things, I guess it's lonely.
There is a good side. It's our natural response for danger and it can challenge and encourage us to get busy to do or learn something we need to and other times it can feel like a guiding gentle breeze.
It can teach us more about ourselves and how we react to things, and sometimes it pushes us to use that last bit of courage or strength to win the race or make a change.
But, sometimes I envision Stress as a
monster, a fire, and feel the effects of a knife in my back or the hammer in my head.
Sometimes we get nervous and feel the slippery slope, and other times be exhausted or feel the pressure of everyone else's needs, anger or sadness on top of ours.
A few minute search can create a long
list of things that Stress impacts from everyday physical
symptoms to emotional and behavioral symptoms and everything in
between.
In just a few minutes I had over 60 so I stopped looking for
more (link to post here)
Stress creates various types of problems and if left unchecked it can affect our health and
lives.
It often takes root in our daily
activities and interactions and then grows to impact something else to where it
reaches that place where we get warning signals. (like the wind)
It reminds me of that small nasty weed.
The one you
can’t see growing under a bush until it pops out on top saying Hi, Remember Me, and is ready to burst
open and happily spread its seeds everywhere.
We can't change the direction of the Wind but if needed we can help turn that Stress Monster back into a gentle
breeze!
Stress is getting worse & Worse and the
more we understand about how it affects us
the more we can control, limit & reduce it.
Have you noticed how the word Stress seems to
be just part of everyday conversations now. (?)
2020 has added even more stress -
how are You handling it (?)
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So - am I Crazy?
Wow - you did good if you made it this far,
sorry for the long post.
Bye for now,
we're back here next week.
Quote from Rumi ~
"Life is a balance of holding on and letting go"
Are you struggling with letting go of some things or holding on tightly to others - let us know below in the comments. It's a stressful time of wondering, what to do now & what's next.
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