TRAVEL: Dealing With Stress

Pagadian Airport, Philippines (with one of my best friends Glyr/Bordz (left)

Keep Smiling!

Many believe that in every destination there is always a great place to wander. In addition to that, an awesome people to meet and hang out with. So, let us travel as much as we can while we are still able. Living with people makes us understand our true nature and help us become more humane. We just have to be open-minded about the possibilities, which is including stress.

What makes our travel more interesting/exciting? It is not our actual journey's end but it is actually the way we behave or our attitude along the way. True enough, getting away with circumstances during our adventures is almost impossible. It could be a miscalculation of our plan, dealing with irate people, expectations not met or even natural disaster. Guess what? It happens! So, shake it off! Let us not stress too much over the things that we cannot control. Instead, let us take a break or a time-out. Think about the things that we can do, control our thoughts and behave accordingly. Face the stressors, deal with it in good faith. It feels extremely good in the end if we handle it positively. Yes! we can be proud.

Patience is a must.

Having a positive outlook in life is definitely a good start to train our mind to be optimistic. No matter what issue arises, from raining so hard to getting soaked to a delayed flight, etc., there is nothing much that we can do, but to wait. Looking at the positive side, safety should always be a priority.  What if we force the flow of nature and then accidents occur. Everything happens for a reason. We cannot control the weather, yet we can control out thoughts. Be a master of our own-self. Not letting our emotions control us. 

goofing around as a diversion (still stuck)

I'll touch something personal. My younger self was more like a happy camper but when i grew older I become hot tempered. However, when i think about it, I was only pulling a negative mantra towards me, instead of pushing it away (always grumpy, me against my own world). Ruining my whole day. Apparently swallowed by my pride and ego, instead of forgiving and understanding. I do not even bother thinking about other person's situation/story. I am acting like a crazy terrorist (LOL) in exaggeration. Just very disappointing. So, I step back, needing to assess myself and then I am learning. Using plethora of diversion such as deep breathing, relaxing, staying calm as much as possible or just by keeping my mouth shut if ever i don't have anything good to say. The process can be challenging but it leads to greater self awareness. 

The world is so wide and our stay here might be short or if we are lucky we may enjoy more years. Life should't have so many restrictions and we do not always have to fight against it. Let it flow. Good stress is fine, if we know what to do, it will motivate us to look for different kinds of solution. Be convinced by the law of attraction. Staying positive always attracts positive results or otherwise. Let us learn from our mistakes and grow wiser.
  

Fight stress with optimism

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