Article December 27, 1969 Issue

Overcoming Pressure of Time

RONALD GRAY WALKER

The advancing strides of human knowledge are making ever-increasing demands upon the individual's ability, energy, resourcefulness, and capacity for intellectual and physical labor. How can one find release from the sense of pressure these demands often bring?

Frequently the main cause of pressure appears to be lack of time. Of course, time itself cannot be changed. But one can change his thought about it. That is, instead of constantly racing the clock, he can look for new motives, aims, and attitudes to govern his thinking.

One should ask himself, "What am I thinking about my activities? Am I fearing failure? Do I feel overwhelmed by a sense of personal responsibility?" This is the kind of thinking that produces pressure. Pressure is therefore wholly mental. Of themselves, outward circumstances, however burdensome, are powerless to affect one's thinking unless one consents. By learning to control his thought one can avoid a sense of pressure. His experience, which is the expression of his thinking, will then become more harmonious.

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