08/01/2020
Anxiety -
When we lose our basic sense of safety, of being held and having shelter in a world that does not guarantee basic security, we become prone to anxiety.
In my experience, the phenomenon of anxiety is a state of mind that is with a future self. This 'self' is with a sense of fear, rather than being with what is here and now. There is nothing good or bad about this. It just is. It points to our basic human needs for survival.
Please do not be hard on yourself for feeling anxious. It is a perfectly normal reaction to overwhelming stress. At times, we know where our anxiety comes from. And sometimes, we have no idea. That's okay. Why we feel anxious is not the point. It is more helpful to focus on what. Be careful with making meaning.
Today, I invite you to consider your overall mental health. With the many stresses of today, I call to mind our need for safety. I call to mind to benefit of being gentle with ourselves. I call to mind the benefit of moving our awareness to what is most helpful: the things that give us a deep sense of allowing. The allowing to be our perfectly human selves.
Taking deep breaths into the belly, may we each find the inner support we need in this moment. Taking notice of where we are, and when we are, may we each hold our agency as a precious gift to be nourished.
Your anxiety may very well be an inner voice that wants to you to be safe, secure, loved and alive.
You are enough. You are a gift to this world. You have a unique ability that is entirely your own.
