Relax

To alleviate the ills of the the stress in this world as well as within ourselves, I believe relaxation is the key. More easily said than done. But if we think of the consequences that stress leads to, for example, stress causes irritablity, causes road rage, causes car accidents, causing detriment to ourselves and others, we may think before taking action on our negative emotions. A leading factor is that we may do something else like drinking in excess. Stress leads to worrry, leads to a desire to go to the bar, leads to drinking, leads to risky behavior, leading to negative outcomes that we may regret later. Why do we do that? We do this because alcohol relaxes us only for a short time and believe agressive behavior is cathartic. What we are left with is misjudging the space between us and the car ahead of us and a possible STI after hooking up. Instead, leave earlier when going somewhere as to allow plenty of time and when you are feeling tense and go out to bowl or play miniature golf. As we are too busy every day we hardly ever take the time we need to “stop and smell the roses.” You want to hit the RELAX button now? We have to stop over-crowding our agenda. Have some time to yourself, not just when you are asleep. Make your life fun again. Play a little and laugh a lot.



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Yeremiah Hardt