Oh Anxiety, How Nice To See You! Come On In
Have you ever listened to someone define anxiety in just such a way that modified it fully?
I won't forget sitting in class and having my master coach say to everybody, "Now lots of things are on the point of changing in your life, and this can bring up some hysteria, but just think of this anxiety as new things happening. "
Woah.
New things occuring? I've never thought of it like that before. When we actually get down to define anxiety in a firm sense, it's a honest feeling of worry or uneasiness about a situation that has a little bit of doubt surrounding it. What could actually happen next? What will the outcome be? In a way, anxiety is an amazing indicator of forward thinking or "row boat thinking," a phrase I have just lately coined.
What's the thought behind "row boat thinking?"
Each of us are supplied with a fascinating story through our lives that sounds a lot like this..."I'll be cheerful when that occurs. It will all turn out when I get there. " The problem is, we are rowing to this island that actually does not exist. We think it's there, but it's one of the finest manufactured mirages we have ever seen. It's sexy. It's seductive. It is simply enough to keep us grasping and thirsting for more. But there's real danger in this kind of thinking meanging that deep anxiety can be our greatest indicator that we are basically caught in the activity of doing it in the first place.
Living in the future can have as many negative side effects as living in the past. We all really know what it is like to desire to run from our past, but I'm going to say that we should avoid living in the future almost just as much. We can get stuck in a place, a very uncertain place, that honestly is beyond control. Should you set big goals and have a vision for what you want out of your life? Definitely. But the danger is building the bedrock of your contentment on such a place.
The one guarantee I can make you about this life is that it'll change. You can't go to the past, the present is subject to being changed at any moment and the future is to be determined.
So what are we able to do?
That uncertainty...love it. Embrace the hell out of it. The unsure places in your life are occasions to have nothing short than true magic occur. Do you actually know what is going to happen? Absolutely not. Will you try and project as much as practicable? Yes, we've all done that haven't we? But when you start coming back to the present moment, over and over again because our minds never stop getting distracted, you get to completely be here. Here really is a great place to be. Start basically seeing what is happening around you instead of spending too much time distracting yourself from everything that isn't in this moment.
So all stress actually is, when it boils down to it, is new things going down. Like that feeling and sit with it. Really take the time to truly feel the anxiety in your stomach and then take a second to start to understand why it's coming up. "In this moment, what is the thing that's going down right now that's new?" When you attempt to do that, well, things become more fun. But when you stop living in days to come the uneasiness disipates and begins to disappear altogether.
It is actually about how we define anxiety to start with.
I won't forget sitting in class and having my master coach say to everybody, "Now lots of things are on the point of changing in your life, and this can bring up some hysteria, but just think of this anxiety as new things happening. "
Woah.
New things occuring? I've never thought of it like that before. When we actually get down to define anxiety in a firm sense, it's a honest feeling of worry or uneasiness about a situation that has a little bit of doubt surrounding it. What could actually happen next? What will the outcome be? In a way, anxiety is an amazing indicator of forward thinking or "row boat thinking," a phrase I have just lately coined.
What's the thought behind "row boat thinking?"
Each of us are supplied with a fascinating story through our lives that sounds a lot like this..."I'll be cheerful when that occurs. It will all turn out when I get there. " The problem is, we are rowing to this island that actually does not exist. We think it's there, but it's one of the finest manufactured mirages we have ever seen. It's sexy. It's seductive. It is simply enough to keep us grasping and thirsting for more. But there's real danger in this kind of thinking meanging that deep anxiety can be our greatest indicator that we are basically caught in the activity of doing it in the first place.
Living in the future can have as many negative side effects as living in the past. We all really know what it is like to desire to run from our past, but I'm going to say that we should avoid living in the future almost just as much. We can get stuck in a place, a very uncertain place, that honestly is beyond control. Should you set big goals and have a vision for what you want out of your life? Definitely. But the danger is building the bedrock of your contentment on such a place.
The one guarantee I can make you about this life is that it'll change. You can't go to the past, the present is subject to being changed at any moment and the future is to be determined.
So what are we able to do?
That uncertainty...love it. Embrace the hell out of it. The unsure places in your life are occasions to have nothing short than true magic occur. Do you actually know what is going to happen? Absolutely not. Will you try and project as much as practicable? Yes, we've all done that haven't we? But when you start coming back to the present moment, over and over again because our minds never stop getting distracted, you get to completely be here. Here really is a great place to be. Start basically seeing what is happening around you instead of spending too much time distracting yourself from everything that isn't in this moment.
So all stress actually is, when it boils down to it, is new things going down. Like that feeling and sit with it. Really take the time to truly feel the anxiety in your stomach and then take a second to start to understand why it's coming up. "In this moment, what is the thing that's going down right now that's new?" When you attempt to do that, well, things become more fun. But when you stop living in days to come the uneasiness disipates and begins to disappear altogether.
It is actually about how we define anxiety to start with.
About the Author:
Evan Sanders is the author and creator of The Words Of Encouragement a website dedicated to bringing encouraging words to all those who are in need of some help, whether that ranges from helping people define anxiety to providing them with strong powerful quotes about life so they can continue to chase their dreams.
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