Stress Happens

Someone recently pointed out to me that over the last 3 years of my life i've checked off several of what are commonly known as the major stresses in life. It had never occurred to me.

In some ways i've just come to realize that life isn't always a bed of roses and very often the experiences we go through are just God's way of preparing us for something else or someone else around the corner.

Anyway for some reason i decided a few moments ago to look up the 10 list and they were right.

In about the last 4 years of my life i've gone through a major relocation, followed almost immediately by 2 years of serious health issues, followed by a year long divorce, followed by a large financial "adjustment", followed by another move. That makes 4 (5 if you count both moves) out of the top 10.

And what have i learned? Not quite sure!

I guess i've learned that the same incredible stubbornness thats lead me to ignore almost every conventional means of dealing with stress has also been my salvation. I'm fiercely committed to being the type of person i believe i should be and living the type of life i believe i'm meant to be living. And i'm fiercely determined that those plans and that path will not be altered by the hailstorm of (often man-made) crap which has been raining on me for a few years now. Of course thats not to say that every day of the last 48 months has been a study in overcoming life's challenges!

By the way i've also learned that the next time one of the top 10 comes my way i'm hiring a full time therapist, doing yoga, ordering a case of Xanax and living in church!

Stress happens.