How To Beat Stress?

If we can help others and do well for them and ourselves, we can be happy and at peace.

- Sudharshan Rao K

People, nowadays, talk of stress quite often. They cite reasons like work-related, domestic problems, health, etc. These are common in a person's life and one has to face all these and come out successful to make his life meaningful. I too faced several challenges so far in life but felt stress only when happenings were beyond my control or through no fault of mine.

I started thinking about why people talk more about stress these days. Everyone has a reason, but all are not genuine. Take the case of a student preparing for public examinations like SSLC or HSC. It is genuine to stretch a little further to score marks more than normally scored. Is it right then, that when preparing with a mission, that failure means life comes to an end? For me, expectations should be genuine and with an open mind and personal involvement, with alternatives in place to face reality. When that is not the case, feelings of stress creep in. It is my belief that when the mind is confronted with multiple tasks at a time, stress is felt. Playing smart is not good at all times. Depending too much on technology also leads to stress.