Stress Is Part Of Life.

I don’t think it is possible to avoid stress in any way at all, see In fact, let me just say it plainly that stress is part of life, whether we like it or not, anything that involves effort, planning, movement, thinking, or trying to improve yourself is going to come with one form of stress or the other, If we say we want to avoid stress completely, then we are basically saying we don’t want to do anything at all.

And you know life doesn’t work like that.

Even the smallest things that look easy from the outside still take effort, waking up early every day to go to work it's stress. Cooking it's stress, taking care of kids that one stressful, trying to make money , a big stress, see even just thinking of your future , that one sef is mental stress, So where do you want to run to? because if we decide to avoid anything that stresses us, then we might as well just lie down and look at the ceiling every day.

But then again, a life where nothing is done, nothing is achieved, Is that really living?

To me o, stress is like the price that we pay for growth, when you see people succeeding in one thing or the other, it is not because their lives are stress free , noooo, it is because they learned how to handle the stress that comes with their own journey, stress does not necessarily mean suffering, sometimes it just means great effort, and effort is what leads to massive progress.

There was this time in my life where everything felt very overwhelming , being a mother, working hard, writing, planning my future, thinking ahead and all at the same time, I used to ask myself "Why can’t my life just be smooth? Why must everything always come with struggle?” but later on, I realized that the struggle was shaping me, It was preparing me to handle bigger things.

If everything was easy, I don’t think I would learn patience, I don’t think I would learn endurance , I don’t think I would appreciate achievements the way I do.

So when people say, “I don’t like stress,” I understand, because nobody likes it, but we cannot avoid it, what we can do is manage it, we learn how to take things step by step so the stress doesn’t consume us, sometimes, it means resting when we need to, sometimes, it means asking for help, sometimes, it means letting go of things that are draining us just unnecessarily.

Because even though stress is part of life, we shouldn’t allow it to break us down, there is healthy stress , the kind that motivates you to just get things done, and there is unhealthy stress, the kind of one that drains your energy and also your peace of mind

So I believe that balance is just the key:

Do the work, Chase your goals, Push yourself.

But know this , you must also breathe
Rest.
Eat well.
Sleep well.
Laugh small.

Because life is not all about struggle, even though struggle is part of it, at the end of the day, we get the best out of life by understanding that stress is not our enemy, It is simply a sign that we are moving, we are trying, we are growing, and we are becoming something better.

If you want something, you have to work for it ,and work will always come with stress, but the results? The results make everything worth it.

_{This is my response to the hive learners prompt week 189 edition 2}

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