As I rushed to get the LAST thing off my list Friday before the week ended, I realized I was exhausted.
I went home, skipped dinner and just vegged out on the couch for two hours. No reading, no playing with the dog….no nothing! I lay there thinking of my favorite Calvin & Hobbes quotation…….
“There is never enough time to do all the nothing you want.” 
It amazes me that most of us just find a way to keep going. There is, of course, a price to pay for doing this. Our Bodies have a thing or two to say about our fast pace. I was recently reading an article from the Mayo Clinic that was dealing with the subject and ways to combat it. They suggest relaxation techniques such as yoga and meditation, additional sleep and reaching out to others. I think the article from the Mayo Clinic was good and somewhat helpful, however, is there more to it than that?
Check out the blog Mind Power for a different point of view that made a lot of sense to me. She suggests that people and activities merely create a situation and it is our reaction to that situation that causes the stress. Research shows that it is possible to learn how to turn off stress.
How do you handle stress? Scream and yell? Shut down? Just keep going? I’d be interested to hear. I would also be interested to find out if you detected the hidden “Easter eggs” in the body of this blog post! 
