I have come to see that I am the chief cause of my own stress, and hence the chief means of cure. Life is really like a cafeteria. We pass through with trays upon which to place our choices. It was not hard to make decisions, and we usually ended up with just the right amount to consume. With each passing decade of my life, I have seen choices proliferate, pace accelerate, and peace deteriorate.
Options become essentials.
Life compounds and complicates itself both at work and at home. It is insane. Neither Alka Seltzer nor Tums will bring relief. From the get-go, my life was planned for two. It took me five years to graduate from college because I had several academic majors and minors.