Stress, stressful and stressed

Stress is external they say, a situation is only stressful if you let it affect you, blah, blah, blah

Stress is stressful. We need it. We strive under it. Too little of it kills us. Too much of it kills us.

Stress is not the issue. It's a life fixture. Our reaction is the issue.

No doubt you are currently experiencing stress and the current conditions are but a part of it. A simple fight with your spouse will make any market crash look like a walk in the park. A friend dropping you will be more felt than a country going bankrupt (unless you also live in that country and then you're screwed.)

What shall you do?

Well, you can ignore stress and build-up tensions that will eventually show-up as disease or psychological troubles. You can deflect it towards someone else and act like a jerk. In this case, it's your relationships that will be in trouble. You can blame someone else thinking that it can't be your fault (it might not be entirely yours but we do have some responsibilities every time we vote, talk or act.) 

The best way is to embrace it. To build it as part of your life. To expect it at all time. To break it down, even share it, when it's too big. To avoid making a mountain out of it when it's too small. 

Have you noticed that when we don't have stress coming our way we create some?