Stress out the Stress

• First sit down to access the cause of stress. Take self help and help from others too if needed. Do it now. Keep emotions in check and then speak, think positively.  Positive thoughts lead to positive actions, positive habits and finally positive character. Negative thoughts should they rear up should be discarded immediately or at least by day end definitely.
• Sleep over problems. Most vanish or are solved by morning, others seem less threatening.
• Build a bank balance, starting from your very first salary. Save regularly, drops fill oceans. This will enable you to meet need not greed.
• Compare self with others less fortunate never with the more fortunate.   Never compare children especially your own.
• No one can insult you, anger or greed will make you feel inferior without your permission. Problems are signs of life so they are bound to be there till you are alive. The only people without problems are the ones in the grave.
• Hear both sides of a story, evaluate and then act.
• Help others by motivated service. Live each day doing small acts in a great way. This will yield pure joy and nurtural self esteem.  However, learn to say and accept a 'NO' as well.
• Manage your time as you would with your money. Delegate work, but never forget it.
• Switch off office work on leaving the office. Don't carry extra baggage. There are problems everywhere dont borrow them from office and take home.
• Be honest at all times, especially when paying taxes.
• Never spoil your children, but do give them a helping hand always. Discipline them from early age and be consistent. As they grow into young adults they will be perfectly disciplined and you can replace discipline with trust. You follow the same rules that you preach to your children, they learn better with examples.
• Respect self and others and you will command respect.
• Give of your best at all times.  Failures will be there but they are only stepping stones to success. A successful person arises after each fall but an unsuccessful one will remain down and blame his fall on someone else.
• Sorry and thanks should be instantaneous.   Compliment whenever you can - it is a gift.
• Make forgiveness an attitude. A forgiven person makes a loyal friend. You will be happy with a bad memory of an ill done to you by someone, but be assured; your health will get a boost
• Sulking or brooding will lead to stress. However, visiting friends, relatives or a sick person, doing favors or getting involved in helping another are stress busters.
• Don't distrust anyone, but don't trust blindly. First test for genuineness.
• Help and empathies with the less fortunate. Keep busy to prevent an empty head from filling up with stress.
• Set goals to conquer stress with time limits. However, keep in mind the needs involved and be realistic.
• Expect and accept a level of dust in life.  No one can dust like you, neither can you dust like someone else, but it helps to be specific in dishing out duties.
• Don't clutter the mind with too many things; you will make a mess. Do one thing at a time, starting with the easiest You will finish a lot quickly and thus will give a boost to your morale.
• Laugh a lot, this kills stress.
• Use books as weapons for everyday battles. They broaden our mental horizon and stimulate our minds, thus getting rid of stress.
• Never be revengeful to get even. Angry words are like poison arrows which kill. Once they leave the quiver and are shot, they never return.
• Is criticism bogging you down?   Don't let it.   Put it under your election microscope and you will discover some truth there. A deadly bug which must be eliminated in order that you can grow.
• Intersperse your day with regular one minute spontaneous prayers. These will be delete buttons for your stress and a life line to your Creator Who knows and cares for you even more than yourself.
• Love what you do for a living and you will find happiness for a lifetime. If all fails, please lower your high standards to something closer to this earth.