Mini-MAX-malism: A Bigger Approach to Less is More

Not only de we need less is more in health and fitness, we do need it more in our attitude to material things, looks and outer-shine.
More focus should come onto the inner-site of man and of using all the material of this earth wisely, not wasting so much, be it food, raw produce or other things.

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Preceding articles:

Less… is still enough

Less for more

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Positive – Negative being positive, negative or positive

Making Positive Positive: A Song of Hope for PLWHAs

When is positive negative
Or right wrong?
It is when living positive

I am living positive:
Now, more responsibly
I take responsibility for all my actions;
My life in my hands
I choose life over death
Wellness over sickness

I am a living ‘positive’
Now, more rightly, living and doing
Surrounded by all that is positive
I make the best of now
Enjoy this moment, one at a time

I am overcoming positive
With gratitude for everyday mercies
Finding and enjoying beauty and bounties, abound about:
the smile of a child; the chirps of the birds
the swinging music of the street trees;

I am positive; HIV positive
I am a living witness; a survivor of the scourge
I am living, I am positive
Positively positive

I am a HIV survivor
Beyond the put down of virus
Above societal stigma
I am living, I live
Making positive, positive

People living with hiv aids

ifedayo oshin

Ifedayo Oshin from Ondo, Nigeria,  believes in life and living it well and writes on all issues that affect humanity.

World map of travel and residence restrictions against people living with HIV/AIDS. blue: no specific entry and regulation targetting people with HIV/AIDS. orange: information is contradictory, restrictions are possible. red: entry and residency restrictions confirmed. gray: no information on the situation in the country. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Cancer and Life Lessons

People often forget how they have much more in them than they would think at first. Not only could they find the power in themselves to help themselves and fasten the healing process by taking on the right mind, they also can help others by sharing what they feel and how they went on to battle the disease which got to them.

It is nice to find people on the net who are wiling to share their quest in life and their adventure with what bothered their body and mind.
By sharing the many thoughts and providing information where to find more people can help each other and give better chance to each other, finding solution which perhaps can help them on their way to an acceptable life.

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Remember: Giving opportunities:

1. Cancer by no means only life experience that forces you to face in a concrete way the reality that there will in fact be an end to your life someday
2. Cancer does not need to be the end
3. Experience the hard teacher
4. reassess what’s important in life
5. reflect back on own experience
6. are not afraid to come to know how to cope, how to get help, and so forth
7. learn valuable life lessons from each experience
8. learn how to adapt to changed capabilities
9. inform yourself
10. set off in exciting new directions
11. continue to do what is important
13. keep on dreaming
14. reach out for the help and support that you need
15. decide on a treatment plan with doctors
16. cope with fear of losing control
17. be aware that time really is precious and we need to choose very carefully how we spend it
18. make sure that you do the things that matter most to you
19. help others by sharing our stories and experiences
20. contribute by willing to share your thoughts and life lessons
21. understand how factors in our external environment interact with inherited mutations or other susceptibilities to lead to cancer
22. learn how to stop the disease process – to prevent it or to intervene effectively when it does start.

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Cancerous Black Holes

Learning that you have cancer can be a difficult experience. After a person is diagnosed with cancer, he or she may feel anxious, afraid or overwhelmed and wonder how he or she can cope during the days ahead.

first of all you should know that cancer is not any more such a live threatening disease as half a century ago. When you are diagnosed with cancer main point is at first to obtain as much basic, useful information as possible about your cancer diagnosis. Consider bringing a family member or friend with you to your first few doctor appointments. Write down your questions and concerns beforehand and bring them with you. You should not be afraid to talk about it but also to question certain things.

Each person should be aware that the cancer of the one person is not the same as the cancer of the other. As such the first question to been asked should be: “What kind of cancer do I have?” followed by: “Where is the cancer and has it spread?”

On our mind is naturally if that cancer we have can be treated and “What is the chance that my cancer can be cured?”

Next you should be open to see and follow what other tests or procedures you may need. You have to come to see your treatment options and how the treatment will benefit you.

When a person knows what he or she can expect during treatment, he or she can feel more at ease. The best way to conquer cancer is not to haver ‘cancer thoughts’ or negative thoughts in mind. It is so important not to be a ‘kankeraar’ (‘canceror’), i.e. a grouser, grumbler or whiner. To be a bellyacher will not bring any solution. All cankerous thoughts should be put away first.

Those who are always grousing or moaning about something should make the best effort to change their attitude and to come to tackling the world in a better way.

If they can not do that on their own,it is not bad to look at others who had to face that disease and see how they managed to cope or fight against the cancer.

We all can learn from those who are facing such a threatening disease. They had to undergo side effects of the treatment, and it shall not be different for us. So knowing how they could cope with those annoying side effects it may help us.

We should always remember we should always call the doctor as soon as possible and not be afraid to ask him many questions, such as: “What can I do to prevent my cancer from recurring?”, “How likely are my children or other family members to get cancer?”

As with any “whopper” of a disease it is important to maintain honest, two-way communication with your loved ones, doctors and others after your cancer diagnosis. You may feel particularly isolated if people try to protect you from bad news or if you try to put up a strong front. If you and others express your emotions honestly, you can all gain strength from each other.

Members of cancer support groups may be particularly helpful in the areas about reactions on the treatment. Getting advice on the drugs (causing hair loss), advice from image experts about clothing, makeup, wigs and hairpieces may help you feel more comfortable and attractive. Insurance often helps pay for wigs, prostheses and other adaptive devices. and can provide tips that have helped them and others.

Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is always important, but when our body shows a weakness it is even more important. We for sure should not be afraid to go out the house, hiding ourselves, being afraid for what they might think of us. Taking some outdoors exercise can improve your energy level. Eating a healthy diet consisting of a variety of foods and getting adequate rest may help you manage the stress and fatigue of the cancer and its treatment. Exercise and participating in enjoyable activities also may help. Recent data suggest that people who maintain some physical exercise during treatment not only cope better, but may also live longer.

Taking more care of yourself and your willingness to talk with others and share ideas, not thinking you our the only one who knows and feels what it is, will help you to gain more confidence to go into a new stadium in life, where you can win the battle, when you trust yourself and those around you.

“Together we can do more” is for sure very important too.

Good luck.

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Additional helpful literature:

1. Our way of life
2. Pain and Suffering is inevitable but Misery is optional
3. The blessing of a broken leg
4. Partakers of the sufferings
5. Foreword to Suffering
6. Suffering (Cd art)
7. Suffering – through the apparent silence of God
8. Suffering continues
9. Suffering leading to joy
10. Seems no future in suffering
11. Learning from suffering
12. Reacting to Disasters
13. Dying or not
14. Words from God about suffering
15. Self inflicted misery #1 The root by man
16. Self inflicted misery #7 Good news to our suffering
17. Self inflicted misery #9 Subject to worldly things
18. Welfare state and Poverty in Flanders #3 Right to Human dignity
19. Science, belief, denial and visibility 2
20. Faith and trial
21. Fragments from the Book of Job #1: chapters 1-12
22. Fragments from the Book of Job #2: chapters 12-20
23. Fragments from the Book of Job #3: chapters 21-26
24. Fragments from the Book of Job #4: chapters 27-31
25. Fragments from the Book of Job #5: chapters 32-37
26. Fragments from the Book of Job #6: chapters 38-42
27. Fragments from the Book of Job #7 Epilogue
28. Bad things no punishment from God
29. Profitable disasters
30. Facing disaster fatigue
31. Salvation, trust and action in Jesus #1 Suffering covered by Peace Offering
32. Miracles in our time of suffering
33. Offer in our suffering
34. Patient waiting (Cd art)
35. Character is built
36. Suffering produces perseverance
37. Moving mountains
38. Rejoice even though bound to grieve
39. Suffering redemptive because Jesus redeemed us from sin
40. Surprised by joy
41. Surprised by time in joys & sufferings
42. Destination of the earth
43. Expiatory sacrifice
44. Crucifixion for suffering
45. From pain to purpose
46. Old age
47. Temptation and its conquest
48. Pain and Suffering is inevitable but Misery is optional
49. Light within
50. To be chained by love for another one
51. When the wind blows hard on a tree
52. Your struggles develop your strengths
53. The inspiring divine spark
54. Disappointed with God
55. Not sure there exist a God
56. God’s Comfort
57. Only one God
58. Some one or something to fear #6 Faith in the Most High
59. Commit your self to the trustworthy creator
60. Getting out of the dark corners of this world
61. God should be your hope
62. Our relationship with God, Jesus and eachother
63. Nuturing a close relationship with God
64. Give your worries to God
65. Let us recognise how great God is
66. God is the strength of my heart
67. God Helper and Deliverer
68. God is positive
69. God’s design in the creation of the world
70. God’s instruction about joy and suffering
71. God’s promises
72. God His measure not our measure
73. God’s non answer
74. God’s promises to us in our suffering
75. Gods hope and our hope
76. God’s salvation (Cd art)
77. You God hold the future
78. Hope (Cd art)
79. Hope for the future
80. Importuning for suffering hearts
81. Incomplete without the mind of God
82. Is God hiding His face when He is seemingly silent
83. Jehovah my strenght
84. Kingdom of God what will it be like
85. God His reward
86. Chrystalised harmonious thinking
87. Epitome of the one faith
88. Life with God
89. Meaning of life
90. Some important differences
91. True hope
92. Working of the hope (Cd art)
93. A love not exempting us from trials
94. Songs in the night Worship God only
95. Gospel = Good tidings, good news, a good message
96. That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us

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  Results of a University of Colorado Cancer Center study presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) show that a test of organic compounds in exhaled breath can not only distinguish patients with lung cancer from patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but can also define the stage of any cancer present. “This could totally revolutionize lung cancer screening and diagnosis. The perspective here is the development of a non-traumatic, easy, cheap approach to early detection and differentiation of lung cancer,” says Fred R. Hirsch, MD, PhD, investigator at the CU Cancer Center and professor of medical oncology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
• The Benefits of Complementary and Alternative Therapies When Dealing with Cancer (health-host.co.uk)

  The use of complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) is on the rise, globally. More and more people are turning to CAM to treat a wide range of health issues when they feel that traditional medical products and practices (when used alone) are not working for them. Complementary and alternative medicines are fast becoming a favourite way of dealing with a wide range of health implications, particularly for those who are suffering from cancer.

  While the use of CAM is often deemed controversial, as an individual suffering from a life debilitating disease it is always important to be aware of the alternative treatments that are not offered by doctors.

• South Florida hospitals offer breast cancer survivorship programs to empower people with the next phase of their lives (miamiherald.com)
  After the surgery, radiation and chemotherapy for breast cancer lies the next phase of a person’s life.Survivorship refers to that time, often beginning at diagnosis and through long-term survival, when the physical and emotional after-effects of breast cancer treatment may linger.Now, South Florida hospitals are taking an active, more comprehensive approach to survivorship, instituting programs to address that next phase — to improve patients’ quality of life and empower them to live healthier lives after cancer.

  “We recognize that survivorship comes with challenges, and they have to face a lot of physical changes from treatment, as well as social, spiritual, familial, professional and financial challenges,” said Dr. Carmen Calfa, an oncologist who specializes in breast cancer at Memorial Breast Cancer Center in Hollywood.

Center For Reason

So my mother calls me tonight and let me just say this right off ** I’m paraphrasing the conversation for the purposes of brevity, in case she contacts you and claims I posted this “out of context” **

So we were talking about a neighbor of hers who is going through cancer treatment and the prognosis isn’t good. She says, so many people are going to die of cancer and they are never going to find a cure.

I interrupted her and told her about the newly released studies showing a 90%+ success rate in curing certain types of cancer with stem cell treatments. She says she hasn’t seen it and continues with …..”that’s why I never give to the susan g. komen foundation or any other cancer research group…..they are just a billion dollar black hole of tax evasion”

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What IF you’re only driven by stress?

As first posting I come to present something which is not of my own, but which I would like to share with you, because it can be a good lesson for all of us, how bad previous experiences can lighten us up and can let us conquer many negative things , by helping others.

The writer of this reblogged article is Eman Kawas, who had a very nasty experience in her life. There were times when people disappointed her and let her down, but those were the times when she had to remind herself to trust her own judgement and opinions, to keep her life focused on believing in herself and all that she was and is capable of.

Every person in this world caries her or his own story with awful but also nice experiences. All of us will have to face challenges to make in their life. The outside world may put pressure on us with many things. We should know we always should be in charge to make our own choices and that we can not be called guilty for those things which happened to us, without our consent.

In our life we often let us be carried away by bad experiences or let others ‘kill our spirit’ because of bad things they have done to us or like to do to us. At work, in our neighbourhood, in our circle of friends and family, we may encounter many circumstances which would like to impress on us positively but also negatively.

To make the best out of our life we first of all have to know where we stand and where  we would like to be. Before we can go forward in our life we get to get rid of all the ballast and do away all the dirt lying in front of us.
We have to take care we do not have to face a negative emotion that can produce negative experiences. Because once negative experiences are present, they can take us in a negative spiral, downward on the road instead of upwards. Basic daily events or tasks at hand, may never going to suck the good energies from us and turn them into negative energies. We may never let it come to a point where that what we have to do or to tackle comes to look like impossible or seems not to be solved.
We always should take care that we are able to be ready to undertake the ‘battle of life’. We should take care we do not come into a situation where we think the only solution would be to take a flight. We should always remember that we have to choose to fight our given problems and that we never should fear so much man, or run away from them. (the only One we should really fear is the Divine Creator God. )

When we become aware of too much stress we should think about going into the defence by ‘becoming calmer’ and by using the flight of the ‘own personality’, making sure that you start to regain your full positive energy from your life.

Never may we get carried away by thinking our stress is a sign of weakness. It is up to us to make us stronger by putting all experiences up to the good and to relative many issues. Sometimes taking distance of what bothers us can help. Going for a stroll or a nice walk in the green nature, calming us down and taking care we come not so stressful that we do come in a circle of depression.

A little bit of stress or anxiety can help us to stay alert and to stimulate us to undertake certain actions. Let us use it for our advantage to create new things and to be very active. But let it not destroy our creativity nor our aim to continue that what we believe would be good.
Therefore always keep faith in yourself, believe in yourself and in your own family and always ‘stay your self’ whatever the circumstances may be. Always keeping your own personality shall already avoid much of stress taking you down.

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To take in consideration:

Dangers:

• whatever you achieve is not satisfying to you and something is always missing
• constantly looking for something that you don’t know what it is

Signs:

• faced by “sink or swim situations”
• driven by negative impulses or stress
• dissatisfaction
• not feeling to achieve
• feeling bored
• cynicism
• strange reactions from your part
• short answers
• mistrust
• feeling like running on our toes
• overeating, heart disease, hypertension, stroke

Avoid:

• exposing yourself to long- term stress > causing physical dysfunction
• let it drive you
• neglect of spiritual life
• loosing hopes, loves, dreams, plans
• to be taken by the maelstrom of the earthly experience
• negative people
• constant noise(background music)
• uncomfortable clothing (too tight shoes, hosiery, itchy sweater)
• too much stuff, a cluttered home or office
• disorder around you

Solutions:

• see challenges as opportunities to succeed
• set smart goals for yourself => Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timely goals
• remain positive > ready for opportunities that rise
• bring a sense of connection, renewal and  energy
• dare to think things over and try to meditate on it
• let it be useful > if it was a short-term stress
• keep people from stealing your joy
• keep optimistic
• concentrate on the nice things around you
• seek someone else’s love and assistance
• talk with someone close to yo, whom you can trust
• be ready yourself for others
• bless different circumstances and bless others around you
• concentrate on the people with positive thoughts
• concentrate on the positive thoughts in yourself
• focus on shifting what drives you from stress to performance – from negative to positive –
• nurture yourself as any garden does
• realize > what truly makes a difference = way you see things.
• Do know what your driver is
• Remember Which Source you can have with you

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Additional reading:

1. What is life?
2. A philosophical error which rejects the body as part of the human person
3. Materialism, would be life, and aspirations
4. Searching for fulfillment and meaning through own efforts, facing unsatisfaction and depression
5. Kitty Werthmann her account of growing up in Austria under Nazi regime
6. Fragments from the Book of Job #7 Epilogue
7. Fear knocked at the door
8. 8 fears caused by the fear of Man
9. Depression Is and When
10. How do you keep people from stealing your joy?
11. Seems no future in suffering
12. Suffering
13. Suffering – through the apparent silence of God
14. Suffering continues
15. Suffering leading to joy
16. Surprised by time in joys & sufferings
17. Words from God about suffering
18. Working of the hope
19. Getting out of the dark corners of this world
20. Running away from the past
21. Walking in the Light of Life
22. Hope does not disappoint us
23. If you do pray you shall not be disappointed
24. Always a choice
25. We have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace
26. The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands
27. Aligned
28. To Work Longer or Die Younger
29. We all have to have dreams
30. Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement
31. Peace Takes You
32. Answering a fool according to his folly
33. Feeling-good, search for happiness and the church
34. Feel-good Factor?
35. How to Feel Good About Yourself
36. Ageing and Solidarity between generations
37. Everything that is done in the world is done by hope
38. Faith is knowing there is an ocean because you have seen a brook.
39. Hope is faith holding out its hand in the dark
40. Hope does not disappoint us
41. See the conquest and believe that we can gain the victory
42. Change should not be stressful
43. Happiness is like manna
44. Spreading good cheer contagious
45. Spark of Positivism
46. Thanksgiving wisdom: Why gratitude is good for your health
47. Importance of parents 1
48. Stop Comparing Yourself to Others
49. Depression, Anxiety, Pressure and megachurches
50. Breathing and growing with no heir
51. Come ye yourselves apart … and rest awhile (Mark 6:31)
52. United people under Christ
53. Commit your self to the trustworthy creator

 

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Find also:

How to Relieve Stress (with Stress Relief Techniques) – wikiHow How to Relieve Stress. Stress. We all deal with it. Whether it be our jobs, family life, drama with friends, a relationship problem, or finances, stress is there. http://www.wikihow.com/Relieve-Stress

How to Deal With Stress (with Stress Reduction Techniques) How to Deal With Stress. Life can be stressful; sometimes you’ll have to deal with ongoing stress positively. Stress can have a variety of causes such as family … http://www.wikihow.com/Deal-With-Stress

How to Create a Stress Ball: 5 Steps – wikiHow Feeling stressed a lot? Having a way to relieve stress at your desk, in front of the TV, or wherever your health and one very simple way is to use a stress ball for … http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Stress-Ball

Managing Stress – how to articles from wikiHow wikiHow has Managing Stress how to articles with step-by-step instructions and photos. http://www.wikihow.com/Category:Managing-Stress

How to Avoid Stress During the Holidays: 12 Steps (with Pictures) How to Avoid Stress During the Holidays. Although the holiday season is supposed to bring joy and harmony to all, the many expectations that lay behind the … http://www.wikihow.com/Avoid-Stress-During-the-Holidays

How to Beat Workplace Stress: 12 Steps (with Pictures) – wikiHow How to Beat Workplace Stress. People in many professions work well over the usual 40 hour work week and end up bringing workplace stress home with them. http://www.wikihow.com/Beat-Workplace-Stress

How to Avoid Stress on the Internet: 7 Steps (with Pictures) How to Avoid Stress on the Internet. Believe it or not, using the Internet can be a major source of stress for some people. This article will offer some tips of … http://www.wikihow.com/Avoid-Stress-on-the-Internet

How to Be Calm in a Stressful Situation (with Helpful Techniques) Identify the cause of your stress. Is your heart pounding because that idiot just cut you off on the freeway, or is it because of that presentation you have to give to … http://www.wikihow.com/Be-Calm-in-a-Stressful-Situation

How to Reduce Stress (with Stress Relief Techniques) – wikiHow How to Reduce Stress. Reducing the stress in your life will take a lot of reflection and action, but it will be worth it. If you’re less stressed, you’ll be able to sleep … http://www.wikihow.com/Reduce-Stress

Related articles

• Tackling stress in a tough climate (hiscox.co.uk)
  Not surprisingly their biggest source of stress is the fear of losing their business (57%). But pressures in today’s tough business climate are also putting an increasing strain on them. Many worry about losing clients (54%) or feel the pressure of bringing in new business (52%). A tailored professional indemnity insurance policy may help to mitigate these risks.

  If the business they have worked so hard to build is under threat, it’s understandable that company owners will try to keep as much of a work/life balance as they can while doing everything possible to keep the business afloat. However on a positive, most (68%) say they try to keep a good work/life balance.

  Many entrepreneurs would say they thrive on stress, that they make better decisions under pressure and have some of their best ideas when up against the clock. But stress is meant to be a temporary condition. If it becomes the norm rather than the exception in your working day it can quickly lead to burnout. Chronic stress can lead you to make poor decisions causing your business to suffer.

  It’s important for entrepreneurs to take steps to tackle stress so you can stay at the top of your game. Eat healthily, take exercise, get enough sleep, but also get away from work once in a while. Spend time with your family and go out with your friends. Put it in your diary if you have to. You’ll appreciate it. And so will they.

• What Is Stress (debatabletopicsx.wordpress.com)
  You are not the only one with either personal or collective problems, because rest of the human kind can have deep predicaments with great fears. On the other hand, stress can find you, with a repeated daily tasks. This involves your entirety of your life. Now you must analyse everything about yourself, and understand how you ended up in such condition. Then take the right action or confront your greatest fear and solve the problem there and then. This may not be easy but when you accomplish your goal, your entire life may outlook into more easy times. You see, problems are not assignments to deals with, but they are part of life, to teach you, one thing, and that is to gain higher experience in life. This leads to complete knowledge of a certain wisdom in life.
• The Karma of Stress. ~ Beatrice Bachleda (elephantjournal.com)
  It begins with one thing, and when we don’t get right down to the cause and take care of it, it begins to sneak into other things. Eventually the small things that we would never think about twice become the reason why we suddenly burst into tears or begin snapping at people we love.The problem with stress lies in our conditioning. It’s in the “agreement” we made that stress is a negative thing and must be demolished instantly or else we are to blame for its existence. The agreement says we “shouldn‘t let stress get to us.”
• Why stress might not be so bad (thelondonuniversity.com)
  Much of what we know about the physical and mental toll of chronic stress stems from seminal work by Robert Sapolsky beginning in the late 1970s. [Sapolsky, PhD,] a neuroendocrinologist, was among the first to make the connection that the hormones released during the fight-or-flight response—the ones that helped our ancestors avoid becoming dinner—have deleterious effects when the stress is severe and sustained. Especially insidious, chronic exposure to one of these hormones, cortisol, causes brain changes that make it increasingly difficult to shut the stress response down.
• Owning our Health: Taking control of stress (blogs.vancouversun.com)
  Cynicism is that nagging, negative feeling of mistrust and doubt due to a build-up of life’s ups and downs; its hurts and betrayals. Viewing life through mistrustful lenses, we are constantly on the alert and on the defensive – our fight or flight reactor permanently switched on. This negative viewpoint can silently drain us for years, going undetected and unnoticed.
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  To be healthier in every way, we need to consciously take care of this important part of us in a way that heals cynicism as well as other signs of stress. What’s needed is a rethink about how we view our world and our place in it.

  Understanding the circumstances that lead us to feel mistrustful, at risk, not valued or cared for and, thus, cynical is a great start. Often we find it is the continual remembering of a whole history of negative events that brings us to that stressed and cynical viewpoint. But we shouldn’t stop at just recognizing the problem.
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  Nurturing a spiritual practice builds a stronger, more rooted sense of unity with the divine. And, this builds a sense of stability, safety as well as new perspectives. The prayers of Jesus, for example, show us that in communing with God we can find a safe place where we can learn to see ourselves from a more spiritual standpoint, which allows us to respond to difficulties more effectively. Even in our darkest of moments, this action can redefine how we see the world – lifting the mistrust, anger, and fear that breed cynicism.

• How the stress of our “always on” culture can impact performance, health and happiness (scopeblog.stanford.edu)
  During a recent Café Scientifique event, Palo Alto-based organizational psychologist Jay Azarow, PhD, discussed how our “always on” culture can negatively impact your performance, health and happiness. In the video above, he provides an overview of science-based yet practical approaches to reducing and managing stress, increasing energy and enhancing focus and productivity.
• Planetary Healing: Take a Break from Stress (wesannac.com)
  Everyone gets stressed out at times, and here on earth, a lot of things can bring us down and make it much harder to re-find a good vibration if we let them. Our emotions and expressions affect the vibration of the entire planet, and to heal this world, it’s essential that we situate ourselves on a good vibration as much and as often as possible.

  It’s more than easy to dip into stress and frustration when circumstances in our lives allow for it, and here, I’d like to offer five things we can do when stressful situations pile on and make it harder to be in a positive space.
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  Remember that you’re never alone, and if you need to, take some time off from whatever’s stressing you out and ease into your unfolding higher-vibrational perception. In due time, stress will cease to bring people down like it has for so long, but for now, we have to be able to be here for each other when it gets the best of us.

  Stay strong, fellow seekers, because stress or no stress, our greatest work is just beginning.

 

 

Quill Pen

I am talking about when whatever you achieve is not satisfying to you and something is always missing, when you’re constantly looking for something that you don’t know what it is, then you still get things done but the motivation differs.
Those are signs that you are driven by stress, when you’re faced by “sink or swim situations” and that’s the only way that you would go above and beyond, then that’s when you realize you are driven by stress. A recent discovery took me to a place to see the reason I am dissatisfied, not achieved or maybe just bored.
Performance driven people are the ones that see challenges as opportunities to succeed; they tend to set SMART goals for themselves, no magic involved (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timely goals) and remain positive to be ready for the opportunities that rise, on the other hand stress driven people perceive…

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