Is Stress a Bad Thing？壓力是件壞事情嗎？
“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.
“我不能忍受壓力和競爭,”我的一個朋友解釋說，當他被問及為什么最近他決定辭去那份工資高但要求也高的工作。我的朋友或許有他自己的理由,但我認為他的決定不是明智的現實。
沒錯,我的朋友的例子來說并不是唯一的。在過去的幾年里相當多的男性和女性選擇工作在一個舒適且競爭力不大的公司,簡單的生活可以獲得高薪工作。他們害怕工作的壓力和緊張會剝奪他們的歡樂和幸福,使他們的身心受到傷害。事實上,然而,壓力不是壞事,它往往是應該的。除非它失控,一定的壓力是至關重要提供動力和挑戰,并有目的和意義的,否則就是毫無意義,無所事事的生活。壓力下的人容易發揮自己全部的潛力,實現自己的個人價值,人類生活的目的。
壓力是日常生活中自然的一部分,沒有辦法避免它。我們能做的就是培養我們的適應能力來處理它,而不是逃避它。
滿分作文 壓力Pressure
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