Today is another day and another time another line seemed to appear on my bosses face and I really do not have to wonder why. As I sit in my own space at my own desk I believe that stress has taken over my wonderful supervisor.
It seems she cannot quit complaining about lack of sleep because of the demands which the industry lays up on her. And somehow I believe it is true.

Rumor is that there is good and bad stress out there but it also seems that stress affects different people differently. For example the things that I know scathe my boss leave me untouched and unmoved. Yet the things that stress me out leave my boss collected and cool headed.
Unbelievably it is like a disease that spreads and engulfs you. And the irony of is that the head honcho managers go to special schools and training courses which teach them to push their workers over the deep end and till they cannot take anymore! Seems to be that everyone benefits from it except the soul which is so stressed they are ready to move on or become unglued.

Think about it-They sell aromatherapy to calm you from a stressful workplace. Psychiatrists, psychologists, and counselors along with Zantacs, Zoloft and whatever other Z medicine prescribed in order to knock you out and disengage you from the stressful situation.
Even religion takes its turn at you to help ease the transactions from everyday life and tie you up in a belief that there may be a better place than here. Any retailer and even specialty stores carry coupling up with grocery stores (which you would think should carry nothing more than grocery) carry face creams and foot therapy and stress relievers for you to buy.

So an interesting thought I had- When my boss is stressed out from work demands and goes to the store or shrinks in order to find a solution. The store or shrink might also be stressed out to some extent because they are trying to sell the lotions, potions, and pills to their customers and are worried that if they do not meet a certain goal they would be in trouble etc etc

So no matter how you look at it, stress is here to stay. Stress is just a cycle and an everyday thing which keeps us alive. There is no such thing as "no stress" because no matter what you will always have something to think about, worry about, and indulge yourself in and through all that what will shine is your personality and how you take on the world, your world.

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