Positive stress?

Hi WRAPSTERS,

            Its been awhile since we last chatted so please forgive . I will be doing my best to check in regularly in the coming months. My update is I have been working hard both in my career and maintaining my own personal wellness. Which to my benefit both require me to analyze how I stay well. One of the things I have been thinking about lately because of my schedule is stress. That part of life that most of us know as a possible trigger that can be destructive to our health. Recently my perspective on stress has stretched to include a healthy outlook on the value of stress. I am usually the first one to try to avoid stress and stress causing situations like conflict. However I was reading a book called Zen Guitar recently and it had a statement which I think applies to my diabetic care. The Zen statement was “ through having one illness it is easier to truly know wellness.” I am not sure this statement will help me with my guitar playing but I do know it applies to my level of self awareness as it applies to my physical health and diabetes. It seems in this case that having a stress-or such as a diabetic concern causes a different level of awareness to our health. This is the case even more than if we were under the mindset that everything in our body is working perfectly. I find this whole idea of instead of moving away from challenges that we can move towards wellness. I like defining wellness as not the absence of illness but the presence of positive self awareness and proactive care. Thanks see you soon, ERIC