So.
(I feel like I start a lot of my entries like that. Maybe that's how my brain thinks).
Let's talk about stress, shall we?
Here's how it's affecting me this week/semester:
The muscle in my shoulder is twitching about every two minutes.
My skin is more broken out than any 13 year old I know.
My family just flew in from 12 hours away, and I treated them like they were dirt because I was stressed.
I make rude comments to people I don't know and to my best friends.
EVERYTHING makes me mad.
I cry because I take the wrong interstate exit.
I do not care about anyone else's problems.
I get chest pains.
And how much have I accomplished by stressing out this much, you ask?
Nothing.
If anything, I've worked backwards, because I've been miserable trying to accomplish the things I need to do, when I could have done them with joy.
Seems pointless, doesn't it?
If you were with me right now, you would see and hear me taking a big ole' sigh.
I'm guessing that someone who is reading this is stressed about something - big or small. It doesn't really matter how big the issue is.. stress is the same for everyone and everything.
Just take a minute and take a big ole' sigh. I promise you will feel better.
Our lives do not have to be this miserable.
We do not have to live with 2 cents worth of energy when we have to give $300 worth.
We can live full.
-HallieMarie
(Props to Allison, http://a-borrowedtime.blogspot.com/, for making me realize how stupid I was being).
not stupid! i love you and your thoughts! we can do it!
ReplyDeleteYou're so right, and I'm right there with you. I didn't even realize how much I was letting stress take over my life until this weekend when I nearly took off the head of someone who was only trying to be helpful. How silly are we for letting ourselves "sweat the small stuff"? Our God is so much bigger.
ReplyDeleteI'm there with ya, girl. Lovvvve you!
I feel ya!
ReplyDeleteYour not alone.
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