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Facing down the lie of a stressful life

From the June 2014 issue of The Christian Science Journal


In today’s world, many feel challenged by a wide range of demands placed on them—family, work, school, finances, etc. No wonder we hear the phrase “stressed out” so often.

Stress is a belief in limitation—limited time, limited ability, and limited capacity to cope with the demands of the hour. The word stress is originally defined as “the effect of two opposing forces.” If we place both hands in front of us and push them together, palm to palm, we build up a stress called pressure. Or if we lock the fingers of both hands and try to pull them apart, we build up a stress called tension.

So a condition called “stress” is based on the theory that there are two forces working against each other.

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