Fight the Stress

I have had a lot of things on my mind this week. I was given a new calling at church (not sustained yet so I can't tell you what it is) and also asked to help put a musical number together. My husband thinks I put too much thought into things. I was seriously thinking about it all. Who am I going to ask to sing? What am I going to do with this calling (because I stared at the Bishop for 15 minutes telling him I didn't think I could do it)? Too many things running through my head because I am so afraid of people telling me no. Not that I would care, it just makes me have to think of another person. I know Heavenly Father would give me direction of who to ask if I asked first, but sometimes that is too hard. I know, I am a faithful person but sometimes its just easier for me to just do it on my own. Maybe it is time to pray because I still need 2 more people.
As far as the new calling goes, yeah, I am still overwhelmed. I seriously think that I can't do it. I can't tell you much, yet, but I know anyone who knows me well will tell me I will be great! If I only had that much positive-ness in my life.
Why does all this have to do with my "Small Changes"? It has made me work harder on the elliptical! I go faster, I make the pain harder and suffer through it. It makes me really believe in myself that I can do all these things on top of everything else I do in a day (if you are a mom, you know). It also gets my mind on thinking about things and sometimes I don't remember that I am even on the elliptical. I AM LOVING IT! Time goes faster, my kids know not to come and talk to me while I am exercising (I don't know if that is bad), it makes more thinking time for me...in peace!
Fighting through stress really is the key. Usually when I am faced with stress I tend to moap, eat or make myself sit in my misery. I tell myself I'm not good and why would I every be good at that? Now, I am actually making it through with none of this crap on my mind like it was before. I go to the ward list to ask people to sing and I am not scared to call them or what they might say to me. I think about the new calling and actually think I can do it with help from everyone. I am not the only one who will be in charge and by delegating some things it will make my life easier. Life is good and I'm happy.