Facing Uphill Climbs

Yesterday was a high anxiety day for me. Nothing in particular that I was nervous about, just what they call “free floating anxiety”. Just had this underlying sense of fear. I wanted to go home and crawl into bed but a gentle nudge from a good friend kept me going.

He told me, “don’t you worry about it, notice that you have anxiety, acknowledge it, and go on with your day. Don’t let it stop you from doing whatever you had planned.”

So that is what I did. I continued working. I played ping-pong at lunch. I went out to get some food. When I got home, we decided to take a drive up the canyon. On our way home, I thought it would be a good idea to stop at a local hamburger drive-inn that we enjoy.

I continued to face the day and even invited some situations, an unplanned stop at the drive-inn, that would create anxiety. To be honest, I didn’t want to do any of these things but at the end of the day I felt so much better about myself that I did.

We have to experience anxiety to free ourselves from the bonds of anxiety.