The Truth Is That Stress Doesn't Come

Stress Is A Byproduct Of Subconscious Beliefs You Have About The World. You Can't Choose Not To Believe Something. You Believe It Because You Think It's True. To Eliminate Stress, You Must Learn To Challenge These Beliefs So That You See Them Differently.

When A Friend Is Sick, I See The Situation For What It Is, Not What It Isn't, And I Offer To Help As Much As She Wants, Not As Much As I Want.

Even In This Secular Country, The Threat Posed By Religious Fundamentalists Is Never Very Far Away. Every Major Religious Text Exhorts The Same Principles - That Of Unyielding Obedience To A Supernatural Being, And Renunciation Of The Intellect And Personal Aspirations.

To Believe That Your Husband, Wife, Parents, Kids, Boss, Job, Bank Account, Or Body Is Even Partly Responsible For Your Emotions, To Think That There Are Bullets 'out There' That You Have To Contend With, That There Are Stressful Life Events To Overcome, Is To Miss Something Vital.

Throughout History, Independent Minds Have Carried Mankind Forward. Whether They Identified How To Make Fire Or Manufacture Tools, Develop Rational Philosophy Or Create Man-glorifying Art, Pioneer Scientific Knowledge Or Invent The Electric Light, Independent Thinkers Have Created The Goods On Which Human Life And Prosperity Depend.