The Body Fights Hard

The body does not fight fair. Is it the cause that drives the effect or does the mind/body cause the cause to occur resulting in the desired effect? My meditations were stalled for a few days because of a large amount stress on the job and at home. The effect was that I stopped meditating for awhile - I tried to meditate when the stress was just starting, but it was way too noisy in my mind to continue. I then didn't even try for a few days. I began again yesterday and have found the noise to have subsided somewhat. It is better now. So, was my body/mind/ego/conscious self resisting the meditation - afraid of the coming transformation - and thereby causing the stress to come into my life? I don't believe anything "just happens" - all things happen as a result of thought energy directed to a specific event. That's the topic for another paragraph though.