Greatness—and happiness—means shaking off pressure
What makes a great man or woman? Some would say admirable personal character, others might look to financial success. Maybe the great ones are those who live and die with no regrets; or live life surrounded by good friends and loving families.
We all judge greatness our own way.
A quality I admire, and one I consider an indicator of greatness, is a person’s ability to cope with stress.
That means finding a personal stress threshold and working hard to function within it.
Frustration, especially in stressful times, is okay.
However, if someone can deal with the stress that’s pushed on them by life day in and day out, they will have a much better chance to find happiness.
And can a person be truly great without being truly happy?
People need to be happy with themselves and with the change they bring to the world.
They can’t succumb to pressures placed on them by jobs, friends, families, commitments, and the countless other things that weigh on our minds.
Obviously there are other aspects to greatness.
But one area we should all pay attention to, whether we are trying to become great or just trying to be happy, is our management of stress.
Stress is a part of life, yet it does not have to define how we live our life.
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