It’s YOUR Stress

Do you experience any stress?

Do you know where it comes from?

Well . . . I know you don’t really want to hear this, but it comes from you.

Your mind is the source of all your stress!

Think about it, does stress, or any emotional feeling, come pre-packaged with anything that occurs or that someone does?

We tend to think so, but it’s really our own individual judgement about something – not the thing itself.

Everything that happens or that someone does, is not equipped with something that forces us to react in a specific way – that’s our choice.

So, what about stress?

Stress is something that we each concoct for ourselves, with slight variations, but rooted in the same basis.

The root of stress seems to be lodged in the difference between what is going on now, has happened or may happen – and what you want or would rather have – or even are insisting on – in your mind.

Think about it. . .

You may not like what happened around you in the past or what you did in the past.

You may be afraid of what could or might happen.

You may not like something that is going on right now.

When you take on a difference of opinion about something and decide that you don’t like it – stress can develop.

Hold-on, are you saying I can’t have an opinion?

This is one of those “fine-line” places.

There is a fine line between having an opinion and wanting something versus being obsessed about it.

You can want something or have an opinion without letting the thought of it keep you up at night.

You don’t need to let yourself get irritated about your feelings about something.

The balance is in finding that fine line – wanting something and being able to live with something different.

This does not mean to give up on what you want either, but be OK with what is right now.

Stress is a choice- your choice.

I will be looking at stress for the next few weeks, it’s a huge topic and such a big part of life for many of us.

I would also like your input. What are your thoughts about stress, in general and your own?

Please give me your input below in the question section.

John

“Pain is a relatively objective, physical phenomenon; suffering is our psychological resistance to what happens. Events may create physical pain, but they do not in themselves create suffering. Resistance creates suffering. Stress happens when your mind resists what is…The only problem in your life is your mind’s resistance to life as it unfolds.” — Dan Millman

“If a warrior is to succeed at anything, the success must come gently, with a great deal of effort but with no stress or obsession.” — Carlos Casteneda

Blues music can be transformational

Today I want to go into something not usually talked about – Music

— Blues music!

Why blues music?

For it’s transformational quality.

Right . . . you say.

I know, most people think – how can music about things going wrong somehow be helpful let alone transformational.

Now, this may not be for you at all. You may not be able to see blues music in the way that I do.

I enjoy many different kinds of music, but blues is at the top of the list.

OK, what’s the point?

Blues music can be very cathartic.

Here’s the thing, the words you hear sung may relate to something not going right, but the music is very upbeat.

So, how can you really feel down when the music is bringing you up?

Blues music can be very therapeutic in that it helps you make the emotional transition from what has gone wrong, is uncomfortable or not to your liking through your brains reaction to the music.

The words help you bring out your misery or displeasure, which is healthy to do, and the music helps carry you out of the negative wallowing into a more uplifted feeling.

Physically your body reacts to the upbeat music, which your mind will likely follow, if you allow it.

The music will tend to get you to want to move with it.

Your mind and body are linked to where one responds to the other, so if you want to feel better and pull yourself out of a funk? — Listen to some music that helps your body get moving.

As you move, more endorphins are released in your brain, helping you to feel better.

Maybe some other music does this for you, that’s great.

But realize that some music can just keep you in that ‘stuck’ place, it’s the vibration level and how it affects your brainwaves that makes the difference.

John