IS TENSION GOOD

IS TENSION GOOD? Not All Tension Is Bad. The Right Tension

Pushes You Forward; the Wrong Tension Pulls You Apart. “Don’t

take tension.” We have heard these words since childhood.

Before examinations. While waiting for results. During admissions.

While building careers. While starting businesses. While

taking important decisions. Whenever pressure appears, someone

who loves us usually gives us the same advice: “Relax. Let it go.”

But should every tension really be released? This question came

to Dr.Abhishek Gilara during an ordinary strength-training session.

His fitness mentor asked him to perform wall sits: 30 seconds. 40 seconds. 50 seconds. As the muscular

tension increased, his instinct wanted relief. But his coach said: Hold. That moment created

the central question of this book: What if some of the tension we are trying to escape is exactly the

tension helping us become stronger? Through fitness, business, mentorship, spirituality and his

own world of diamonds, Dr. Gilara explores the crucial difference between productive challenge

and destructive stress. A diamond does not become brilliant through pressure alone. It needs the

right conditions. The right cutting. The right polishing. The right craftsmanship. Human beings

need the same wisdom. This book is not about glorifying stress. It is about learning to identify it.

Hold the tension that develops you. Adjust the tension that exceeds your present capacity. Recover

from the tension that challenges you. Release the tension that serves no purpose. Seek help when

the tension becomes harmful. And above all, find mentors wise enough to know when to tell you:

“Push.” When to say: “Hold.” And when to say: “Enough. Recover.” Because life does not necessarily

become better when every weight disappears. Sometimes life becomes better because we

become capable of carrying the right weight. IDENTIFY IT. UNDERSTAND IT. USE IT. ADJUST

IT. RECOVER FROM IT. RELEASE IT. GROW FROM IT. The goal is not a tension-free life. The

goal is a well-tuned life. A completely loose string cannot create the intended music. An excessively

tightened string may break. But at the right tension— it can sing.