You are unhappy, hurt and stressed only when you open doors of your mind and take in negativities of others
At the outset, I ask you a simple question: Do you love yourself? If your answer is yes, then why do you live in stress? Why do you create turmoil and frustration for yourself? Most of the people will say, Oh no…I don’t create stress, but I get stressed because people hurt and torture me. The truth is that until and unless you are not ready to absorb the negativity of other people you cannot be frustrated or unhappy. You become stressed only when you open doors of your mind and take in negativities of others. This is how you end up being upset – if you don’t take in the negativities
The problem is not work or work related stress, rather it is your habit of remaining in stress, cultivating stress. And you have nurtured this habit to an extent that even if you are in paradise, you will convert it into a hell; you will remain in stress and more stress even in paradise. So, you have to change your way of thinking. The important question is: what is your approach to the work you are doing? In reality, work has nothing to do with your stress. You can work twenty-four hours and never ever feel any stress.
Sri Krishna in Bhagavad Geeta says: ‘Action is life and no one can remain without action.’
