Three Golden Ways & Steps To Mar Stress?Posted by Nick Niesen on October 26th, 2010 Ask a literary person how to deal with stress & he will say you, do it the way Shakespeare, Wordsworth & Shelley did. Or, read the positivity of their writings and you will be stress free. Ask a modern stress management guru & he will come out with a whole set of CDs, manuals and modern techniques to beat the stress. ?different people have different ways to mar the stress. What do you prefer? The object is one Stress Management. Let?s find out one by one how you can lead a stress free life. Step 1: Gush into the literature: ?UNDER the greenwood tree, Then let not what I cannot have Its simple. Just read the above lines again and again, and get at the meaning of the words, through your heart! Step 2: Introspect What is stress? What is mind? When your mind unnecessarily ponders about the bundle of thoughts, stress takes control of your personality! What is the solution then? When the Thoughts are changed, the Mind is changed, It is so simple-oh, man, you have complicated the issue, beyond the tolerable proportions and that is the reason for your stress! Step 3: The modern stress management techniques: All the modern stress management techniques, the lengthy lectures on causes of stress, the bulky books on the subject, become a kindergarten stuff, as compared to your ability to control your mind. When you establish control on the rapid and agile movements of the mind, where is stress? Do not think that by controlling the mind, you are curbing its normal and useful activities. It is just like the horse, galloping ahead, but well-controlled by the jeans! If the stress is related to your health, it is another matter, it needs to be tackled in consultations with health professionals and good psychologists. Severe health problems, combined with stress, can be fatal also. Share your views, sorrows and health related concerns with your friends and well-wishers. You may get valuable advise and unburdening the stressful thoughts in your mind, will itself relieve you to a great extent! The mind tools, thus, have a definite role to play in taking the stress out of your personality. Like it? Share it!More by this author |