Is Stress a Bad Thing？压力是件坏事情吗？
“I can't stand the pressure and competition，” explained one friend of mine when asked why he decided to quit his highly-paid but demanding position in his company recently. My friend may have his own reasons， but I don't think his decision is wise in reality.
It's true that my friend's case is not unique. In the last few years quite a number of men and women have chosen to do something less competitive at the cost of a comfortable， easy life a highly-paid job can obtain. They are afraid that the stresses and strains of work will rob them of joy and happiness and do them harm both physically and mentally. In fact， however， stress isn't the bad thing it is often supposed to be. Unless it gets out of control， a certain amount of stress is vital to provide motivation and challenge， and to give purpose and significance to an otherwise meaningless， idle life. People under stress tend to express their full range of potential and to actualize their own personal worth——the very aim of a human life.
Stress is a natural part of everyday life and there is no way to avoid it. What we can do is to develop our adaptive abilities to deal with it rather than to escape from it.
“我不能忍受压力和竞争,”我的一个朋友解释说，当他被问及为什么最近他决定辞去那份工资高但要求也高的工作。我的朋友或许有他自己的理由,但我认为他的决定不是明智的现实。
没错,我的朋友的例子来说并不是唯一的。在过去的几年里相当多的男性和女性选择工作在一个舒适且竞争力不大的公司,简单的生活可以获得高薪工作。他们害怕工作的压力和紧张会剥夺他们的欢乐和幸福,使他们的身心受到伤害。事实上,然而,压力不是坏事,它往往是应该的。除非它失控,一定的压力是至关重要提供动力和挑战,并有目的和意义的,否则就是毫无意义,无所事事的生活。压力下的人容易发挥自己全部的潜力,实现自己的个人价值,人类生活的目的。
压力是日常生活中自然的一部分,没有办法避免它。我们能做的就是培养我们的适应能力来处理它,而不是逃避它。
满分作文 压力Pressure
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