Friday Wisdom – Stress

Posted on 11/06/2020 by Andrew Reynolds

When I feel stressed I like to go to a house of mirrors – I can really reflect there.

If you were stressed yesterday, does that make you past tense?

When I’m stressed I like to draw a line of trees – each getting smaller as they reach the horizon.Ā  It helps me put things in perspective.

What is the fastest way for a stressed astronaut to unwind and decompress? Open the hatch.

Sometimes I identify as a tipi other times as a marquee.Ā  My therapist says I just being too tense.

What gets fish stressed? Current events.

Stressed is desserts spelled backwards.

That’s it for today, I’m off to the donut shop for a couple of dozen …

About Andrew Reynolds

Born in California Did the school thing studying electronics, computers, release engineering and literary criticism. I worked in the high tech world doing software release engineering and am now retired. Then I got prostate cancer. Now I am a blogger and work in my wood shop doing scroll saw work and marquetry.
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25 Responses to Friday Wisdom – Stress

  1. ParentingIsFunny says:
    11/08/2020 at 4:59 pm

    I don’t get the tipi one. And that stresses me out.

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  2. Christi says:
    11/08/2020 at 12:55 pm

    I join the crowd in appreciating stressed vs. desserts. It helps explain the numerous sweets I ate the past few days!
    Hope you enjoyed the donuts. šŸ˜‰

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  3. Debra says:
    11/07/2020 at 4:41 pm

    Stress? What could we possibly be stressed about? šŸ˜‚

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  4. Diane Henders says:
    11/07/2020 at 10:36 am

    “Past tense” – ha! Good one! Have a doughnut (or two) for me. šŸ™‚

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  5. jfwknifton says:
    11/07/2020 at 12:24 am

    Yes, “stressed” and “desserts” is definitely the universe trying to tell us something.

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  6. Jacqui Murray says:
    11/06/2020 at 2:14 pm

    I cx all my news alerts. It’s too stressful.

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  7. K.L. Hale says:
    11/06/2020 at 12:30 pm

    Bravo! LOL Happy day!

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  8. wolfsrosebud says:
    11/06/2020 at 12:05 pm

    I like it backward stressed

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  9. robertawrites235681907 says:
    11/06/2020 at 9:45 am

    Happy Friday, Andrew.

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  10. Pied Type says:
    11/06/2020 at 8:31 am

    Mmm, pick up some donuts for me, please.

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  11. Chronicles of a Blogaholic says:
    11/06/2020 at 8:01 am

    I hear you about this stress post. I even believe other countries are feeling our stress.

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  12. Helen says:
    11/06/2020 at 7:57 am

    going to the house of mirrors. sounds interesting. I’ll have to try that

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