Leave Stress Behind

by Two Chums on March 27, 2023

Monday, Monday! Start today and totally leave stress behind!

Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.
— Anne Lamott, writer

The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.
— Stephen Covey, author

Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.
— Kahlil Gibran, writer

When one door closes, another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.
— Alexander Graham Bell

A good way to overcome stress is to help others out of theirs.
— Dada J. P. Vaswani, Indian spiritual leader

Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.
— Mary Oliver, poet

All the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for.
— Jon Kabat-Zinn, founder of MBSR (mindfulness-based stress reduction)

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
— Oprah Winfrey

Rule number one is, don’t sweat the small stuff. Rule number two is, it’s all small stuff.
— Robert Eliot, writer

I think that we have to realize that times of stress are also times that are signals for growth, and if we use adversity properly, we can grow through adversity.
— Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twerski

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
— Albert Einstein

These mountains that you are carrying, you were only supposed to climb.
— Najwa Zebian, writer and activist

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness. Not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.
— Aristotle

Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
— Thích Nhất Hạnh, Buddhist monk

If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.
— Amit Ray, spiritual teacher
It seems to us, your Two Chums, that these are all really great suggestions!
Cultivate a stress free week!