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Most of us simply do not realize the fact that in practically all of our everyday activities we are driving with the brakes on. We have worked and played in a tense condition for so long that we have come to regard it as more or less normal. We have developed a blind spot for tension, somewhat in the same way that a person who works in a chemical plant for any length of time soon becomes unaware of the odors about him, simply because he does not pay any attention to them.
Yet, until we have learned to recognize our real enemy and deal with him, it is practically impossible for us to achieve the calm, collected state we desire. When we try to be calm, we make a generalized effort which usually results in making us more tense. It is only when we come to recognize that we must deal with tension, the causes of stress and not nervousness the effect.
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