 Stress is the desire for things to be different than they are in the present moment. Stress is rampant in our society today. There is nothing inherently stressful about cars in my way when I'm trying to get somewhere. Stress comes from me wishing those cars were not in my way. I'm inviting the stress into my life. So when you can learn to have a certain level of acceptance and be willing to acknowledge that I don't control the cars that are in my way, but I absolutely control my response, then you take your power back and you lower your stress immediately.