Have you ever listened to someone define anxiety in just such a way that modified it fully?
I'll never forget sitting in class and having my master coach say to everyone, "Now a lot of things are going to change in your life, and this may bring up some agitation, but just think of this anxiety as new things going down. "
Woah.
New things happening? I haven't ever 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 truly has a modest amount of doubt surrounding it. What could happen next? What will the outcome be? In a way, anxiety is a fantastic indicator of forward thinking or "row boat thinking," a phrase I have just lately coined.
What's the thought behind "row boat thinking?"
Each one of us are given a interesting account all thoughout our lives that sounds a lot like this..."I'll be ecstatic when this happens. It will certainly all turn out when I arrive there. " The issue is, we are rowing to this island that does not exist. We think it's there, but it's one of the most beautifully manufactured mirages we have ever seen. It's attractive. It's beguiling. It's just enough to keep us grasping and thirsting for more. But there's great danger in this type of thinking meanging that anxiety can be our honest indicator that we are actually caught in the process of doing it in the first place.
Living in the future can have as many negative complications as living deep in the past. Everyone knows what it is like to want to flee our past, but I am going to venture to say that we absolutely must avoid living in the future as much. We can get stuck in a place, a particularly unsure place, that honestly is beyond our control. Should you set goals and have a vision for what you truly desire out of your life? Definitely. But the danger is building the basis of your true happiness on such a place.
The one guarantee I'm able to make you about this life is that it will change. You can't go to the past, the present is subject to being changed at any moment and the future is to be experienced.
So what are we actually able to do?
That uncertainty...love it. Embrace the hell out of it. The doubtful places in your life are chances to have nothing short than true magic happen. Do you really know what is going to occur? Of course not. Will you try and project as much as is possible? Yes, we've all done that haven't we? But when you start returning to the current time, continuously because our minds never stop getting distracted, you get to fully be here. Here is a great spot to be. Start actually seeing what is happening around you rather than spending too much time distracting yourself from everything that is not in this moment.
So all anxiety really is, when it boils down to it, is new things happening. Like that feeling and sit with it. Really take a little time to truly feel the chaos in your belly and then take a moment to start to appreciate why it's coming up. "In this moment, what is the thing that's going down right now that's new?" When you begin to do that, well, things become lots more fun. But when you stop living in days to come the uneasiness disipates and begins to leave altogether.
It is all about how we define anxiety in the first instance.
I'll never forget sitting in class and having my master coach say to everyone, "Now a lot of things are going to change in your life, and this may bring up some agitation, but just think of this anxiety as new things going down. "
Woah.
New things happening? I haven't ever 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 truly has a modest amount of doubt surrounding it. What could happen next? What will the outcome be? In a way, anxiety is a fantastic indicator of forward thinking or "row boat thinking," a phrase I have just lately coined.
What's the thought behind "row boat thinking?"
Each one of us are given a interesting account all thoughout our lives that sounds a lot like this..."I'll be ecstatic when this happens. It will certainly all turn out when I arrive there. " The issue is, we are rowing to this island that does not exist. We think it's there, but it's one of the most beautifully manufactured mirages we have ever seen. It's attractive. It's beguiling. It's just enough to keep us grasping and thirsting for more. But there's great danger in this type of thinking meanging that anxiety can be our honest indicator that we are actually caught in the process of doing it in the first place.
Living in the future can have as many negative complications as living deep in the past. Everyone knows what it is like to want to flee our past, but I am going to venture to say that we absolutely must avoid living in the future as much. We can get stuck in a place, a particularly unsure place, that honestly is beyond our control. Should you set goals and have a vision for what you truly desire out of your life? Definitely. But the danger is building the basis of your true happiness on such a place.
The one guarantee I'm able to make you about this life is that it will change. You can't go to the past, the present is subject to being changed at any moment and the future is to be experienced.
So what are we actually able to do?
That uncertainty...love it. Embrace the hell out of it. The doubtful places in your life are chances to have nothing short than true magic happen. Do you really know what is going to occur? Of course not. Will you try and project as much as is possible? Yes, we've all done that haven't we? But when you start returning to the current time, continuously because our minds never stop getting distracted, you get to fully be here. Here is a great spot to be. Start actually seeing what is happening around you rather than spending too much time distracting yourself from everything that is not in this moment.
So all anxiety really is, when it boils down to it, is new things happening. Like that feeling and sit with it. Really take a little time to truly feel the chaos in your belly and then take a moment to start to appreciate why it's coming up. "In this moment, what is the thing that's going down right now that's new?" When you begin to do that, well, things become lots more fun. But when you stop living in days to come the uneasiness disipates and begins to leave altogether.
It is all about how we define anxiety in the first instance.
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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