Gathering #108

Stressed! Major stress! Do you ever feel that you are being sucked into a tornado of stress and there is nothing you can do about it? That's how I feel right now. My weeks are running into each other and I have official had to write "read" on my to do list. My coping strategy for the stress is to lay on my bed and watch t.v. but what does that do for me, adds more stress because I am not doing the things I should be doing to relieve the stress. So the t.v. adds stress, and I don't get done the important things. Today I decided to take control of the stress and work my way to the eye of my stress tornado. The eye of a tornado is the calm spot. So as the stress is blowing all around me I will be calm. I will be cool. I will be collected. I will not allow the stress to get to me. I will take action. I know the stress is going no where, but I am. I am going to the eye. I will be calm, I will be calm, I will be calm. I hope it works. Cross your fingers and wish me luck, as I calmly take control of the stress!