Exercise to reduce Stress

Stress is one of the biggest silent enemies that harm our emotional health. If anything in life is not managed or handled properly, stress will come into any person's life, and wreak havoc in many aspects of a normal life and well being. From stress, medical problems will probably manifest in the next step.

Marie Callas advises me to take care of the stress level in my life, stop it as soon as any signs of it appear. Thanks for her kind thoughts! Yeah, she seems to know what i could be going through, as work has been rather hectic recently. I can feel a bit of stress appearing in my life, because I get more easily annoyed by the noise made by my kids and the rude drivers that cut into my lane. Normally I can keep cool in these situations.

Marie recommends as much exercise as I can spend my time on to get ride of stress. She says 30 mins of sports and exercise can have a dramatic effect on the positive and emotional well being. In the end, you will find that you will leave feeling refreshed and rejuvenated after a good dose of exercises.

I agree with her totally. As we work hard to make a living, negative energies will invariably build up inside us. We need to spend part of our time to get rid of these undesirable energies inside us, just like we need to spend 15 mins each day to go to toilet to do our business.

More things you have means more Happiness?

Humans are all the same, no matter the race, colours or religion. We will always want more and never be happy with what we have. What you are earning RM2,000, you think it is not enough and want a job that pays double it asap. You have a normal Kancil that serves you for years but now you are earning more, you want a MPV that can fetch whole family at one go. If you are married with a virtuous wife, you think of that beautiful sexy girl you chance of recently. I know this is not a good example, however, that's how the world goes, isn't it. Due to this inner desire to progress, our society gets better and more convenient, but at the same time, brings out the ugly greed in us.

As for me, I have always wanted a double story house with a spacious garden so that I can rear a couple of dogs to roam freely. An fully air-conditioned house to beat the dreadful heat over here.

Then I started to study a bit about spirituality taught by Marie Callas. I realized that having a big house means having a lot of 'stuff'. Have you ever noticed how we purchase things to fill up our space? If we have large closets and bureaus -- we fill them with clothing. If we have many kitchen cabinets -- we fill them with dinnerware, silverware, bowls and pots and soon undesirable clutters fill up the house if there is no care. This will block the flow of prosperity in your house.

Does all of this sound like we need to give up what we want? Perhaps not, perhaps it means enjoying a simpler life -- a life that is a bit quieter, a bit less hurried, a bit more peaceful -- a bit more introspective. When we begin to look inward to what we really desire, to what truly fulfills us -- we stop expecting other things, other people, other situations to give us what has always been within -- what has always been most meaningful -- what has always been in our hearts.