Have you ever listened to somebody define anxiety in just such a way that modified it completely?
I'll never forget sitting in class and having my master coach say to everyone nervously looking at him "Now a large amount of things are going to change in your life, and this can bring up some hysteria, but just think of this anxiety as new things going down. "
Woah.
New things going down? I haven't ever thought of it like that before. When we actually get down to define anxiety in a strict sense, it's a sense of worry or nervous tension about a situation that has a little bit of fear surrounding it. What could actually happen next? What will the end result be? In a way, anxiety is a superb indicator of forward thinking or "row boat thinking," a phrase I have just lately coined.
What is the thought behind "row boat thinking?"
Each one of us are fed a very interesting account through our lives that sounds a lot like this..."I'll be ecstatic when that occurs. It'll all turn out when I really get there. " The difficulty is, we are rowing toward this island that doesn't exist. We think it's there, but it really is one of the best manufactured mirages we have ever seen. It's sexy. It's seductive. It's just enough to keep us grasping and thirsting for more. But there's serious danger in this kind of thinking meanging that deep anxiety can be our best indicator that we are basically caught in the act of doing it in the first place.
Living in the future can have as many negative side-effects as living in the past. We all really know what it's like to desire to escape our past, but I'm going to hazard to say that we should avoid living in the future almost just as much. We can get stuck in a spot, an especially uncertain place, that frankly is beyond control. Should you set goals and have a vision for what you truly desire out of your life? Positively. But the danger is building the bedrock of your happiness on such a place.
The one guarantee I can make you about this life is that it'll change. You can't go to the past, the present is subject to being changed at any moment and the future is to be decided.
So what are we able to do?
That uncertainty...love it. Embrace the hell out of it. The uncertain places in your life are opportunities to have nothing short than magic happen. Do you truly know what is going to happen? Naturally not. Will you try to project as much as possible? Yes, we've all done that haven't we? But when you start returning to the present moment, continuously because our minds never stop getting distracted, you get to fully be here. Here truly is a excellent spot to be. Start basically seeing what is going on around you rather than spending a lot of time distracting yourself from everything that's not here and now.
So all stress truly is, when it comes down to it, is new things happening. Like that feeling and sit with it. Actually take the time to truly feel the nervousness in your stomach and then take a minute to start to understand why it's coming up. "In this moment, what is the thing that's taking place at this time that's new?" When you attempt to do that, well, things become more fun. But when you stop living in the future , the uneasiness starts to leave altogether.
It's all about how we define anxiety in the first place.
I'll never forget sitting in class and having my master coach say to everyone nervously looking at him "Now a large amount of things are going to change in your life, and this can bring up some hysteria, but just think of this anxiety as new things going down. "
Woah.
New things going down? I haven't ever thought of it like that before. When we actually get down to define anxiety in a strict sense, it's a sense of worry or nervous tension about a situation that has a little bit of fear surrounding it. What could actually happen next? What will the end result be? In a way, anxiety is a superb indicator of forward thinking or "row boat thinking," a phrase I have just lately coined.
What is the thought behind "row boat thinking?"
Each one of us are fed a very interesting account through our lives that sounds a lot like this..."I'll be ecstatic when that occurs. It'll all turn out when I really get there. " The difficulty is, we are rowing toward this island that doesn't exist. We think it's there, but it really is one of the best manufactured mirages we have ever seen. It's sexy. It's seductive. It's just enough to keep us grasping and thirsting for more. But there's serious danger in this kind of thinking meanging that deep anxiety can be our best indicator that we are basically caught in the act of doing it in the first place.
Living in the future can have as many negative side-effects as living in the past. We all really know what it's like to desire to escape our past, but I'm going to hazard to say that we should avoid living in the future almost just as much. We can get stuck in a spot, an especially uncertain place, that frankly is beyond control. Should you set goals and have a vision for what you truly desire out of your life? Positively. But the danger is building the bedrock of your happiness on such a place.
The one guarantee I can make you about this life is that it'll change. You can't go to the past, the present is subject to being changed at any moment and the future is to be decided.
So what are we able to do?
That uncertainty...love it. Embrace the hell out of it. The uncertain places in your life are opportunities to have nothing short than magic happen. Do you truly know what is going to happen? Naturally not. Will you try to project as much as possible? Yes, we've all done that haven't we? But when you start returning to the present moment, continuously because our minds never stop getting distracted, you get to fully be here. Here truly is a excellent spot to be. Start basically seeing what is going on around you rather than spending a lot of time distracting yourself from everything that's not here and now.
So all stress truly is, when it comes down to it, is new things happening. Like that feeling and sit with it. Actually take the time to truly feel the nervousness in your stomach and then take a minute to start to understand why it's coming up. "In this moment, what is the thing that's taking place at this time that's new?" When you attempt to do that, well, things become more fun. But when you stop living in the future , the uneasiness starts to leave altogether.
It's all about how we define anxiety in the first place.
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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