Life. Stress.
July is the last time that I had blogged. Trying to think back to what has happened in the last month and my mind immediately starts racing. Life in itself is a funny thing. Something bad happens, and I don't know about any of you, but when one thing goes wrong, there are usually 3 or 4 things that also tend to go wrong at the same time. So when that happens? I get stressed. This past month, I've been stressed more often than not. Which leads me to my post tonight...
Stress. A six letter word that causes nothing but storms and distress. A six letter word that can make or break your entire day, week, month, year. Something that can be managed but once you're in too deep seems impossible to get out of. One thing I remember hearing this past month is "someone some where has it worse than you". Such an incredibly true statement, but doesn't fix my current problems. Why? Because I don't want it to. All of you reading this right now are probably stractching your head asking, "ash what the heck?", but hear me out for a minute.
When things are going great, you feel on top of the world. It is such an amazing feeling. I know for me, when I am happy and not stressed, you can see it in my face and body language, you can read it through my texts, and you can hear it in my voice. I feel on top of the world. Almost unstopeable. Which is how it should be, by the way! But the minute that one day comes where you wake up to circumstances that are out of your control, or a work day that just goes to shit. That stress comes barreling through without any give or caring as to if you're prepared for it. However, if you are stressed, at a consistent pace, and you find a way to manage the stress at the level its at. You understand the stress, you can handle the stress, and you're still breathing and able to wake up the next day. Why feel the high when you know the low is right around the corner, why get so used to be so happy when you know sooner or later that feeling of disappointment is going to come? .. I've been there. This past month that's how I survived. I didn't even realize what happy felt like.
It was argument after argument with no comfort as to if anything will be better the next day. It was fires being set or started left and right with no understanding of how to put them out. But guess what? I woke up every day, I recognized the stress, I handled it to the best of my ability, and I got some rest to wake up tomorrow and deal with it again. I was comfortable with it because I didn't need to wait around for a drop. I didn't need to worry about being so high on happiness and wondering when it was going to fade away. I managed.
This. Is. Not. Okay.
Everyone deserves happiness. Everyone deserves trust and love. Everyone deserves peace of mind and soul. You are in control of what you allow to happen in your life. You are also in control of how you handle things that life throws at you. I know that it's not easy to turn a negative into a positive, however I'm not telling or asking you to do that. All that I am asking is that when life throws something negative at you, find one positive in that situation and start with that when you start to find a solution. If you can find one positive in a negative situation and use that as a starting point to a solution, I guarantee you, the outcome will be so much more less stressful. I guarantee you, you'll be able to go to bed and wake up happy and not wanting to rip your hair out.
