Stress!!!

It seems to be the topic of conversation lately! I've watched my mother come home and cry because that's all her body can do! She can't fight, she can't talk, she just crys. Dan comes home and can't even sleep because he's been so stressed and his stomach feels like acid! My step-dad comes home and plays xbox til the wee hours of the morning because he can't sleep either. My friend Jenna has mental and physical breakdowns and is so exhausted that she doesn't get time to spend with her husband! My dad gets stressed and run down that when it's gone to far his body won't let him move for a few days at a time! I feel for all of them because stress is not something that can easily be dealt with. We talked about the tols of stress on the human body in my Pathophysiology class. Let me tell you people stress can majorly affects a persons health over a long period of time. It's been proven. A few people have made the comment to me that I have it so easy because I never get stressed! Well I do! They think that my job isn't stressful or that only working part time and taking a few classes isn't that difficult. Here's the thing... I did the full time job, 40-45 hours a week, a second job, 24-30 hours a week, and 9 credit hours of school! I think I was lucky to learn so young that life isn't all about money! You need to take time to smell the roses ( or LILIES in my case!)
I think people have very different ways of handling stress. I don't get stressed over things I have no control over. I do what I can and when things are done I can't do anymore! I believe that things happen for a reason! Any time I get so stressed I take a step back and ask myself is it really worth all the trouble to dwell on the past and what I could have done! Next time I'll know better. I do get stressed but there comes a point and time when I just have to let things go! If there is something in my life that is causing me stress I try to fix it and eliminate it! I want to enjoy my life, family and friends!
Working in the hospital and in the health care profession my outlook on life is much different! I take care of children at work and everyday it reminds me that there is more to life than school and work! It's love, family, friends, and most of all happiness. Kids are grateful for the simplest things... a Popsicle, a favorite blanket, and a loving person to hold them and talk to them! When I think about life through a child's eye my stress seems so small!
I encourage everyone of you to take a step back when you get stressed and ask yourself "Is it worth it!"! If it is then fight like hell but if you can see the big picture and it's not worth the sacrifices then just know that you've done all you can and you're leaving it into the "bigger hands" to take care of it! Like I said my life motto is "Things happen for a reason!" I love you all and hope that life seems a little easier!