"What man needs is not a tensionless state, but rather the striving and struggling for a worthy goal. What he needs is not a tension discharged at any cost, but the call of a potential meaning fulfilled by him."
Victor Frankl
Stress isn't the Enemy
You may think stress is the enemy you need to eliminate from your life. Yet it is your ability to rev up, get excited, and move into high gear that helps you be more productive and successful.
You could say the fullness of our lives is created out of stress. Think how boring and bland an uneventful life would be with nothing to get your blood boiling and nothing to get twitterpatted about.
The fact is each of us likes to have a certain level of stuff going on in our life. If we don't have enough stress, we'll create it to get our juices flowing again.
Our ability to respond to life's challenges in a timely fashion is thanks to our having a great functioning stress hormone system. We would not be able to thrive without it.
Our stress response is behind our e-motions (energy-in-motion) giving us the ump to act with emphasis and excitement to move our lives forward--and giving us the strength to rise above difficult circumstances and endure what we can not escape.
Sure, life can be a slog and struggle, sometimes pulling us down. But it is the stress of an immediate situation that spurs us on to create a better tomorrow. So instead of lamenting about how to eliminate stress learn how to properly use stress and re-balance yourself with relaxing activities to 'clear the palate'.
As Frankl said, to have a meaningful life we don't need a tension-less life, but the striving and struggle for a worthy goal--a 'potential meaning' discharged by ourselves.
It is the struggle and striving for something worthwhile that is life itself. Stop getting bogged down by being stressed and learn to welcome the challenges of life as the stuff of life giving you something to struggle against worthy of you.
No Matter Your Circumstances, Be the Person You Want to Be In Life
What's stressing you out at the moment? How can you embrace the striving and struggle in the situation to create a more fullfilling life? What is your worthy goal worth striving for?
What is it you want to see in the world? How can you transform yourself to be the person you want to be in life?
Accept the Challenge
💓Be the Change you want to see in Life. 💙Be the Cheer you want to see in Life. 💚Be the Love you want to see. 💓Be the Compassion you want to experience in Life.💜 Be the strong Leader you want to have in Life.
BE ALIVE~ENGAGE IN LIFE
"Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do." Johann von Goethe
"First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do. Epictetus
SAY WHAT YOU WOULD BE, THEN BECOME IT
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