Effort Isn't Stress

From the Rohrig Tarot, the Ten of Wands; from the Master Tarot, the Children:

But effort isn't stress! It's important to distinguish between them: what makes things stressful is when we hold negative emotions against them. –Dr. Rick Hanson

The Thoth version of the Ten of Wands indicates feeling oppressed and having our will thwarted. We want to do something, but are stuck doing something else. The Children card suggests having an open mind and heart, being curious rather then seeing in black and white. As Hanson explains in the quote above, it is our obsessive thinking about how awful or difficult something is that causes most of our stress, not the task or circumstance itself.