Managing stress is made easier if we try and clearly see that the stress we feel is a response. With this clarity might come a willingness to study and work with our responses. Our experiences are determined by how we perceive through the senses. What we see and hear or sense dictates how we feel and think. Strangely, our thoughts and emotions in turn influence what we see and hear. The objective reality we think we face is based on what we understand.

There is a likelihood that if we were to decide that a certain event was positive, we would likely attend more to what is pleasant within it. And doing so would reinforce the conclusion that this happenstance was positive. That is how it is with managing stress. Our response to what is occurring determines what we attend to.

Say for instance we were to think and believe that we ought to modify what is happening. We would likely focus more on what is disagreeable about it. And our senses would be more attuned to picking up elements that cause difficulty. Following this line of thought seems to emphasize the value of acceptance. Accepting that things may be painful lessens the distress associated with it. With this happening, we start to attend less to difficult elements of the experience.

This creates room and perhaps the ability to view, think and interpret in a more wholesome fashion. The knowledge that things can go wrong while disturbing, prepares us for difficulties. With the proper preparation, what might be stressful can be more efficiently negotiated.

Managing stress calls for reevaluating our understanding of what we believe. If we conclude that distress ought to be exclusively avoided or prevented, we miss the value of learning even when there is pain. If we keep learning despite what is happening, we can always depend on our thoughts and actions.

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