It would be wonderful if we could a place that is calming and peacefulso you can relax and recite positive affirmations without interruption.The problem is, stress generally doesn't choose the moments in ourlives when we have the luxury of stepping away and collectingourselves; therefore your affirmations have to be rooted andinstinctive.

The lowest degree of stress is distress, which can lead to frustration,boredom or dissatisfaction - even severe health effects such ascomplete exhaustion, heart attacks, and stroke. This stress chips awayat us, which can slowly disintegrate our body and mind. And it can evencreate many negative affirmations ingrained in our minds. This, ofcourse, needs to be addressed and we need to refocus our mind.

Examples of Positive Stress Affirmations

Here are two examples of positive stress affirmations for the distress situations that arise:

"There are so many things to explore and do in life." or "I am content to be in my circumstances."

The most destructive stress is the extreme stress, which leads toirrational problem solving and very often anger. This stress can causeyou to make poor judgment calls that destroy your credibility anddecision making processes.

Coping with Extreme Stress through Affirmations

Some positive stress affirmations that need to become ingrained tocounteract extreme stress could be the following: "I will never make amajor decision when I am angry or totally stressed." "I will seek atrusted friend for wise counsel before taking action when I am stressedout."

There is such a thing as "healthy" stress. It's called eustress, orpositive stress. This stress leads to positive growth, satisfaction,newfound knowledge, rational problem solving and creativity. Using thisparticular stress to energize your positive stress affirmations for thedestructive distress and extreme stress would be productive.

We need to reevaluate how we manage the stress in our life andrecognize the situations that are unique to us that put us into stressmode. For one person the craziness of an insanely busy workday couldstretch them to the limit; while another person would thrive on thishigh energy. Find the eustress in your life that you can tap into anduse the creative energy to calm you when you are under the distress ordestructive stress influence.

Some to help you achieve your goal for inner harmony in a stressful world are as follows:

• I can balance my time in order to keep me from being bored.
• I choose not to make life-changing decisions when I am stressed.
• I take a step back from conversations when I am too stressed to be rational.
• I evaluate what I find stressful and choose to move past it.
• I am a calm problem solver.
• I value the counsel of others when I can't see the forest for the trees.