In life, there are always anxious moments. Sometimes it overwhelms that we are rendered sleepless. Our confidence is at a stand still. However, if it vanishes, all we have left is uncertainty and perhaps fear of the unknown.
Because we live in time, we have the present, we don’t know the future.
I was talking to a friend who has recently been retrenched. We drifted on this anxiety of the present. The difficulty of looking for a job, insecurity, instability, loss of self-esteem.
When we grow anxious, we usually imagine more of the negative things to come. Our thoughts are grey, and grey turns murky at times.
Only when what we have imagined doesn’t happen, that we are ecstatically relieved. Our composure returns. So does our confidence.
On reflection, I wonder if some people make it a habit to be anxious.
That’s an interesting question anxiety being a habit. I think worrying is a habit with many people. I know some who worry so much about what might happen (and what they fear may never happen) that they can’t appreciate what is happening in their life now. It is possible to retrain the way you think, and avoid stressing over what could have been or what may be, and just be grateful for what is.
Thanks. Your point well taken. Retraining is a big challenge to some. They may be aware and grateful but the actual act of avoiding stress by switching off past is not never easy, even amongst trainors and mentors.
Yes, absolutely, it’s possible.
G’day!