In the past few years, quite a number of men and women have chosen to do something less competitive. They are afraid that the stress and strains of work will rob them __1___ _____ joy and happiness and __2 ______ them harm both physically and mentally.
In fact, however, stress isn’t the bad thing __3________ it is often supposed to be. Above all, __4______ it gets out of control, a certain amount of stress is vital to provide motivation and challenge, and to give purpose and significance to _5_______, otherwise meaningless, idle life. __6__________, people under stress tend to express their full range of potential and to actualize their own __7__ ______(person) worth — the very aim of a human life.
Stress is a natural part of everyday life and __8______ ___ is no way to avoid it. What we can do is __9_________(develop) our adaptive abilities to deal with it rather than to escape _10____________ it.