When Stress Comes into the Picture ~

I do not like stress. Well, who likes stress? I always try to have a laid back lifestyle, and try to avoid stress as much as I can. Of course, living in this stressful society, we cannot avoid stress. It really depends on how we look at it, how we manage it, how we take it and how far we want it to affect us.

When stress hits, we will have symptoms like headache, bad mood, anxiety et cetera. In short, we will be affected physically, emotionally and even psychologically.

Lately I am very stressed. Sometimes I feel that I think like a "man". Why? This is because I want to hide in my own "cave" and hope that I can find a solution. LOL.

When I am at home, I hope to have peace, because that is the only place where I can feel rested and I believe in what we call "home sweet home". Unfortunately this does not always happen. There will be conflict at home too, especially when family members come into disagreements on certain issues. I tend to have bad temper lately too. Sometimes I really hope that I am alone at home, with no disturbance of any sort.

There is another place which I know I could find some peace, and that is my Eagle. I will pray in the car most of the time and enjoy God's presence. Today the traffic was quite bad on the way to work, and because I was rushing, I felt very annoyed and frustrated because I was at the Land Office for half the day. Shortly after I posted my status on FB, I was reminded of something which I have read few weeks back. It says something like this, "when you are stucked in a jam, perhaps the Lord wants you to slow down". I felt calmer after that.

Perhaps being laid back is just the way I choose to face stress; not that I am cool, not that I do not care about things, not that I am trying to be ignorant or indifferent; but I just hope that by being so, I can reduce the stress that I have. It does not work all the time, especially when crisis hits in; but at least I can try to comfort myself in such a manner.

I have been quite lazy to work out lately, and I guess maybe that is the reason why I feel so stressful. Weng Yin, it is time to put on my gear again ~

Phew, feeling much better after putting down my feelings. I hope that God will help me through this stressful moment. Amen.