That's realy amazing I personaly have been trying to look for a way of managig stress, but have not come to any. Satre said "man is what he makes out of himself" and so I will do just exactly as the cup theory. Thans for care2.

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Sometimes it is our own choices that create the stress other times it is circumstances or situations Either way ,you change what you can and the rest you let go of.Unpleasant topics can be brought up by others that create stress I say "Yesterday ended last night",or "Don't go there",why should we continue to rehearse the past? Today is the first day of the rest of my life, enjoy the here and now,life situations come,and it came to pass,we have a forever loving and forgiving God why should we worry.My Hubby would say "it's like when I change I empty all my pants pockets,to put in a fresh pair,at the same time I let go of what ever has happened and enjoy my family and the here and now.Georgiegal

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neat explaination on how true stress affects us when we do not pay detailed attention to what the prolonged consequences of strell are

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Wow. That seems to be the simpliest approach to stress management that I have ever observed...but how appropriate can an illustration get. I got the point. We all need to get the point. Stress is a killer and we are being eaten up by it everyday on so many levels. Thanks. I needed that!

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I found a good cure for my stress. I just take the power wagon out to the pasture & pick up rocks. Since I live in 'rock country' here in Arkansas, there is a never ending supply. By the time I get the wagon full, which holds 800 lbs. not only is my stress gone, but I have a pretty good attitude about everything else!
H. Froehlich

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Great analogy - its also so much so like pushing our burden through life on a wheel burrow - its heavy, its in front of us obscuring our view, and evrything new in our life just gets piled onto what is already on the wheel burrow - the good we load onto the wheel burrow rests on all the other stuf - thus, it is affected by everything else - and as with the glass of fluid containing bad stuff = stress, it dilutes the good we try to add to the glass. SO! Over and above resting from time to time, we also at some stage need to empty it - identify it, accept that it is there, share it with another, make peace with it, let go - and move on and leave it behind

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iran is in my prayers and i do understand what is normal for us isn't normal for them and it must be very hard to dream of a better future when the present is exploding in your face. our own country is in great need of an overhaul being managed by people who have little or no clue what an average american wants any more. i can truthfully say for the majority of what used to be middle class americans that the american dream is no more. the illegal hispanics need to protest in their own country they have our jobs when nafta moved them to mexico and we are broke and our government is broken and no one knows how to fix it. change your country then you can change ours.

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Paul is right we need to accomodate stress into out lives as it is a natural part of life.
Goli, I was always told, never to say never... and people can create change, if a nation of people want change bad enough, they will take steps to create that change. Though I understand the desire for a free, much easier change. I believe if you hold onto hope you hold the key to change anything. ~Peace~

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Good point, but instead of putting the glass down for a few minutes, I rather drink it: see the stress as a part that need not to be avoided but accomodated in our lives. Who knows it made us more mature. James 1:3-4

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Here is something that might help to cope with stress, the Serenity Prayer, which has been with us for many years.
"God, grant me;
the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change;
Courage to change the things I can;
and, the Wisdom to know the difference."

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