Insights & Inspiration

In our modern world, we live with unacceptably high levels of stress and have fooled ourselves into thinking that it is ‘normal’.  Society practically celebrates it as people with more stress are often perceived as being ‘more important’ than those with less.  Stress is such a part of our lives that we often create stress where there shouldn’t be any.  Need proof?  Ever been in the car with a driver who started to become visibly upset with slow moving traffic — even though neither of you are in a hurry?   Or, how about people who just cannot relax on the beach with a book when on vacation?  It is as if we don’t know what to do with ourselves if we are not feeling the nervous rush of stress.

Unfortunately, the physical effects of stress are all too prevelant: