Feeling stressed?

This week, I had at least a dozen separate conversations about stress. Here in the United States, it’s Advanced Placement (AP) test time, and students all over are studying for end-of-the-year exams. During the last few days, I had friends taking the AP environmental science test, AP art history, and AP physics, just to name a few. Everyone, it seems, is feeling stressed.

After the second conversation, I started to pray. Not for the person specifically, but for students everywhere who are struggling with stress and pressure. Maybe that includes you. This time of year, it almost seems like those feelings are “in the air”—like it’s normal to be feeling them.

Stress isn’t natural to us.

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