Stress....

Day 58...


An observation about America....

One thing we have seen a good bit of is the American obsession with stress".

A day does not pass in this country without someone putting stress in front of you. Either it is someone saying, "I am totally stressed lately," or people driving rushing to get through a yellow light before it turns red in a manner that puzzles you, or a commercial flashing the word on the TV screen and offering an antidote - to stress.

People are indeed wound tightly here in the US, for the most part. And a major question remains - what has us so stressed out?

We generally have plentiful food. Too much, in most cases. We mostly have ample shelter, especially when viewed with what many people have in places like India. We have - well, more of everything in a material sense than most of the rest of the world. So, what is it?

We also claim to be a nation of people following a faith, mostly Christian. But for many, church provides a brief pit stop from the wheel that everyone's running on.

So, what is it that has everyone in this land of faithful, prosperous people so very "stressed out"?

I am not sure I know, but I can tell you it may be the extra time to think about such things.