“My generation is the first in my species to have put fitness next to godliness on the scale of things. Keeping in shape has become the imperative of our middle age. The heaviest burden of guilt we carry into our forties is flab. Our sense of failure is measured by the grade on a stress test.” FirstsAgeNextGenerationsMiddleShapesTestsStressGuiltSpeciesBurdenScalesGradesFortyFitnessImperativesMiddle AgesMy GenerationGodliness Book:Making Sense Source: Making Sense
“It is so important to remember that, as we travel through life, there will be so many events which we can`t control. These are things that seemingly alter our lives forever or become barriers for living a life of fulfillment. It`s important to remember that the ultimate experience of life is not to be controlled by events. We all have difficult events in our lives - the loss of family members, economics, stress, litigation, government interference in our businesses, health challenges. Remember that it is not the events that shape our lives, but, rather, the meaning we attach to them.” ImportantGovernmentRememberLife IsDifficultChallengesLossForeverOur LivesEventsShapesMembersEconomicsUltimateStressFulfillmentBarriersControlledInterferenceFamily MembersHealth Challenges Author:Tony Robbins
“In the day-to-day, farm work is stress relief for me. At the end of the day, I love having this other career - my anti-job - that keeps me in shape and gives me control over a vegetal domain.” GivingEndsJobsCareersShapesGive MeStressReliefThe End Of The DayFarmsDay To DayDomainStress Relief Author:Barbara Kingsolver
“Never let stress shape your strategy. Most women think better after a brisk walk, a light meal, a massage and a nap.” ThinkingLightWalksShapesStressStrategyMealsNapsMassage Author:Barbara Taylor Bradford
“There's no magic bullet; there's no pill that you take that makes everything great and makes you happy all the time. I'm letting go of those expectations, and that's opening me up to moments of transcendent bliss. But I still feel the stress over 'Am I thin enough? Am I too thin? Is my body the right shape?'” FeelsStillsEnoughMomentsBodyMagicShapesLetting GoExpectationsStressOpeningBlissBulletsBody ImagePillsMake You HappyTranscendent Author:Anne Hathaway
“Such a wife as I want... must be young, handsome I lay most stress upon a good shape, sensible a little learning will do, well-bread, chaste, and tender. As to religion, a moderate stock will satisfy me. She must believe in God and hate a saint.” WantBelieveWellsLittlesYoungReligionHateBusinessWifeShapesStressLaysSaintBreadFinanceBelieve In GodSensibleHandsomeModeratesBe YoungChaste Author:Alexander Hamilton
“The military profession, especially in the long-established great powers, is deeply pessimistic about the likelihood that people and countries will behave well under stress. Professional officers are trained to think in terms of emergent threats, and this [climate change] is as big a threat as you are going to find. Never mind what the pundits are telling the public about the perils of climate change; what are the military strategists telling their governments? That will tell us a great deal about the probable shape of the future, although it may not tell us anything that we want to hear.” PeopleThinkingWantMindWellsMayLongCountryBigsGovernmentTermDealsEnvironmentMilitaryShapesStressThreatClimateEnvironmentalClimate ChangeProfessionBehaveOfficersPerilPessimisticGreat PowerLikelihoodStrategistPunditsUnder Stress Author:Gwynne Dyer
“A hurt is at the center of all addictive behaviors. . . . The wound may not be as deep and the ache not as excruciating, and it may even be entirely hidden—but it’s there. As we’ll see, the effects of early stress or adverse experiences directly shape both the psychology and the neurobiology of addiction in the brain” MayHurtBrainPsychologyEffectsShapesBehaviorStressAddictionWoundsAcheAdverseNeurobiology Author:Gabor Mate
“I try to stay in shape just to handle things like the stress of a job or everyday life.” TryingJobsShapesStressEverydayHandleEveryday Life Author:Erin Andrews