Defeat the Monster

Stress in our lives can be immediate or it can be something looming in the background.

Usually we deal with the immediate first and foremost. Its in our face and we have no choice but  to address it.

Its the stuff that sits in the back of your mind, slowly simmering that can literally kill us. Chronic stress will wake us up in the middle of the night and keep us up till the alarm clock goes off (yeah, that was last night).

You cant ignore the chronic stress, actually , I guess you can ignore it but you shouldn't. Chronic stress may not change your life all of a sudden but it  does change your life slowly and almost silently.

Solution: deal with it now, make a plan to rid yourself of it.

First , clearly identify whats bothering  you, then decide how to solve it. This is the scary part because this is where we have to face a solution  that might not always be the most pleasant to carry out. It might mean confronting someone or something we are not comfortable with or it might mean some hard work or sacrifice on our part to accomplish.
It may take days , months or even years, but once you start taking some action you have already started to defeat the monster.

JC Masterson, Silent River Kung Fu, Alberta, Canada