The energy that flows into what you do, although it may be high energy, is very peaceful energy. It is not out of alignment with life.

Stress means there is something wrong, and you are not aligned with life.

You need to learn to be with the suffering that inevitably arises in your life.

Work to recognize the primary importance of the present moment. A good little pointer toward that is to ask yourself, "What is my relationship with the present moment? How am I relating to it?"

Then, if action is possible or necessary, you take action or rather right action happens through you. Right action is action that is appropriate to the whole. When the action is accomplished, the alert, spacious stillness remains.

Stress is a form of suffering, but it is accepted as normal. And it is normal in our world.

I sometimes say to people, "I am a window frame - no more. The window frame is not that important. What is important is the light that comes through the window.