Managing Our Stress

"He who mounts a wild elephant goes where the wild elephant goes." Randolph Bournes

What a descriptive way to describe when we let stress or moods or our own thoughts take us for a ride.  Buddhists call it the 'monkey mind', jumping around going wherever it wants.  It is one of life's challenges to manage our thoughts, our stress and our moods so that we are not taken for a ride we would prefer not to take.  Meditation and yoga and spending time in nature all help me to calm my thoughts and remain in a place of serenity.  Peace is attainable, even in the midst of caregiving, and it is so critical for our own health.