Symptoms of chronic stress are feelings of fragmentation and of chasing after time - of not being able to be present. What we are looking for is a settled, joyful state of being, and we need to give this state space. The Archbishop once told me that people often think he needs time to pray and reflect because he is a religious leader. He said those who must live in the marketplace - business people, professionals and workers - need it even more. . Desmond Tutu
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  2. You must learn to let go. Release the stress. You were never in control anyway. - Steve Maraboli
  3. In times of stress, the best thing we can do for each other is to listen with our ears and our hearts and to be assured that our questions are just as important as our answers. - Fred Rogers
  4. We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie. - David Mamet
  5. I was a little excited but mostly blorft. "Blorft" is an adjective I just made up that means 'Completely overwhelmed but proceeding as if everything is fine and reacting to the stress with the torpor of a possum.' I have been blorft every day for... - Tina Fey
More Quotes By Desmond Tutu
  1. Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.
  2. If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.
  3. We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.
  4. Like when you sit in front of a fire in winter – you are just there in front of the fire. You don't have to be smart or anything. The fire warms you.
  5. We must be ready to learn from one another, not claiming that we alone possess all truth and that somehow we have a corner on God.
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