I was talking to someone recently about the stress they were having.
They described how challenging it could be at work with all the pressure of tight deadlines and a boss who didn’t seem to have any empathy.
Their work and their boss stressed them out daily.
Me being me with my coaching hat on, stepped in and said, ‘You know stress is a man-made illusion, right?’
That’s right.
Stress isn’t actually a thing.
It’s a name some clever clogs in a lab gave to all the feelings of resistance we have to the world around us.
When we tighten up inside and resist what is happening around us, this is felt as stress.
But it’s just energy. We’re responding to the chaotic theatre of our thoughts.
Don’t get me wrong — resisting life, and feeling what appears to be stress CAN have a negative physical impact on the body.
Stress slowly kills.
But this just proves the point further.
Our thoughts hold a ton of power.
If we believe our thoughts, we are at a major risk.
Thoughts will always come and go as they do.
The problem is when we grip onto them tight, and then we fuss, and moan and get anxious about our thoughts.
There is no solace here — only in watching them go by and using them to plan our day.
Once we’ve visualised what we want, it’s time to let go and focus on doing things in the real world, out of our heads.
Thoughts are really the only things stopping us from fluidly enjoying our lives versus stumbling through.
Do you choose to be crippled by thoughts?
Or do you choose to play lightly with thoughts in life’s grand, beautiful game?
Originally published on medium.
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