“Throughout the day, anytime you find yourself feeling stressed or wanting to complain, stop for 10 seconds and breathe. Count your breaths and your blessings.”
“The difference between "active" and "busy" is that the former includes reflection and is directed, whereas the busy life feels out of control and does not seem purposeful or meaningful.”
Source: Overcoming Secondary Stress in Medical and Nursing Practice: A Guide to Professional Resilience and Personal Well-Being
“If you decide to focus on one thing at a time, instead of trying to solve everything at once, and just do that one thing, then you will feel a sudden decrease in stress.”
Source: Yes! You Can Manage Stress: Regain Control of Your Life Using the Five Habits of Effective Stress Management
“Stress is a thought, a perception of fear, it will melt away if we
let our thoughts change with courage.”
“After a stressful event, we often crave comfort food. Our body is calling for more glucose and simple carbohydrates and fat... And in modern life, people tend to have fewer friends and less support, because there's no tribe. Being alone is not good for the brain.”
Source: Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain
“All he really knew was that if he stayed here he would soon be the property of things that buzzed and snorted and hissed, that gave off fumes or stenches. In six months, he would be the owner of a large pink, trained ulcer, a blood pressure of algebraic dimensions, a myopia this side of blindness, and nightmares as deep as oceans and infested with improbable lengths of dream intestines through which he must violently force his way each night.”
Source: The Illustrated Man
“Focus on beauty, not on fear
dance with stress to let it clear”
“All the stress and misery of life comes from fear of loss. Remember that you can never lose anything without gaining something. To avoid misery, concentrate on what you will gain.”
“Stretch your mind and be very kind. Stress will melt away and life will be fine.”
“Realization of Truth is higher than all else. Higher still is truthful living.”
Source: Select Sikh Scriptures - Vol 1