Silence!

The key word to all the stress and the strain is 'silence'. However, the irony is that not all silence is welcome. The worst is the silence that death brings, it's unnerving and irreparable.
On the other hand, the silence of a serene place after the maddening traffic is heavenly! Nothing to beat the soothing effect that serenity can leave on our brains. The tranquility of the beach in the early hours of the morn or late evening can have similar impact. These places do wonders and are even considered 'therapies' for the 'stressed' and 'troubled’. One also needs time for one self, to be oneself and let lose.
The kind of silence that I personally abhor is the one that comes unexplained and all too suddenly. It wrecks your reasoning especially if you are the inquisitive type because you'd want an answer and there'd be none. It keeps playing at the back of your mind and destroys the normal tempo and yet all you can do is wonder. It's just too torturous! Nonetheless one has to learn to cope with it and find a solution.
Living is learning and you live life one day at a time. It's the mixture, the palette of experiences that makes you a complete person.