No matter how you try to avoid a tense situation, or try to lessen the pressure that you seem to be coming under from all quarters, it seems the universe is determined to bring a particular matter to a head. Something in your emotional journey has to be faced, dealt with, lived through and adjusted to. Accept this and you will find it comparatively easy to emerge from a difficult drama, at worst, unscathed - at best, much better off than you expected to be. Trouble will ensue only if you lose faith or lose heart. 
If you want to lose weight, should you eat less or more? If you want to reduce stress, should you set a greater number of targets or a smaller one? If you want to feel less pressured, should you strive for higher standards or accept lower ones? Feel free to take on as much responsibility as you want. You are entitled to be ambitious and adventurous. But no matter how intense life becomes, don't imagine that the way to lead an easier life involves first making your situation more difficult. How much excitement do you want? How many intense emotional experiences do you feel you need? Do you have to get caught up in some great drama? Must you deal with problem after problem? Sorry to ask all these questions, but then questions themselves can be so very destabilising. As soon as we start to ask them, we begin to chip away at whatever is making us feel most stable and secure. You can't just ignore an unsatisfactory situation, but nor do you have to give it your full attention ri...
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