When you are thinking about how to respond to a stressful situation, ask yourself "How much control do I have?" To cope with stress that we have no control over, the best plan is to identify the source, put the situation into perspective, determine what is the worst that is likely to happen and then set a game plan to deal with the inevitable. Pray and use your energy to bounce back. If we have control over the situation with proper planning and communication, we can probably prevent the negative effects of stress completely. Tomorrow promises to be an even more complex world than today. Although many things can be done to reduce the effects of stress and to relieve the discomfort it causes, some stress is inevitable. Learning to prevent or reduce stress is much better than having to come up with a cure for all of the negative effects stress can produce.