Stress kills. Period. Stress, anxiety, worry, fear, panic… these sorts of things start as psychological or emotional discomforts, but end up manifesting as physical illnesses. Our bodies create symptoms as a red flag to our brains: “Whatever you are doing, STOP IT!!!”

Recently I told you I was waiting for a diagnosis, because I felt worse than I’d ever felt in my life. My blood work, chest X-rays, and EKG all came back squeaky clean. I’m fit as a fiddle (contrary to all probability, given my lifestyle). This was great news, but didn’t answer the question of why I felt like I was dying.

As it turns out, the answer seems to be… stress.

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Please Note: This is a guest post by, Jonny, from The Life Thing. I just met this young man, and I love him already because of his soulful heart, and his passionate zeal for this thing called Life.

Be Modest, And Be Boring. If You ARE Great…BE Great.

Marc Pachter, who has interviewed some of the most intriguing characters in recent American history, makes the point that modest people make the worst interviewees. He argues that people need to think they have done something with their lives, and have a story worth telling, or no amount of clever word play is going to be worth two hours of any audience’s time.

Have you DONE something with your life? Do you have a STORY worth telling?

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Please Note: This is a guest post by my wonderful friend, John Anyasor, from HiLife2B. Be sure and visit his awesome blog, and subscribe for free updates by Email or RSS.

We all want to be thought of as the winner. The one that everyone can depend on. When others are in a jam, we want to be the ones everyone else looks towards to save the day.

We want to be fearless. We want to be courageous. We want to be strong.

And when we’re staring challenges right in the face, we want to be the ones who conquer them effortlessly.

I wanted to feel this way for a long time. I thought, when you faced great hardship, you had to be invincible, in both body and mind.

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