Look at anxiety as a delivery service of inner truth *Self-care is a divine responsibility *
Tummy trembles. Brain fuzz. That discombobulating feeling that you’re not quite sure what you should be doing but you should be something to keep your act together. Anxiety. Sometimes it slips away with a few deep breaths, other times you need to beat it off with a stick or some little white pills. Naturally, we want to get as far away from anxiety as possible - which usually just results in us being anxious about being anxious. You resist and so it persists. But what if rather than pushing it away, we actually welcomed anxiety when it showed up? What if, rather than dreading the discomfort it brings, we looked at anxiety as a delivery service of inner truth and other such soul goodies? Because every time anxiety shows up, it’s our psyche’s way of saying, “Knock knock, I’ve got something to show you about yourself that you really should see.” Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard explained anxiety is a natural condition. (How liberating!) He believed that anxiety is “a cognitive emotion that reveals truths that we would prefer to hide but that we need for our greater health.” And that it’s a valuable for shaping our ideal lives. Think of it this way, beneath the butterflies in your stomach, behind the clouds in your mind – is your greater truth, and it’s trying to break through. Continue<http://tickledbylife.com/index.php/look-at-anxiety-as-a-delivery-service-of-inner-truth/> http://tickledbylife.com/index.php/look-at-anxiety-as-a-delivery-service-of-inner-truth/ best regards *jacobboth...@gmail.com* -- Who is Panna Lal? <http://tickledbylife.com/index.php/who-is-panna-lal/>
