I am often asked, “Do you experience anxiety or pain?”
“Of course, I do”, I reply.
“But aren’t you supposed to be the expert who helps people with anxiety and pain?”
“Surely you have mastered these things?”
Yes, I have, which means…
I welcome anxiety when it knocks on my door.
I’m not afraid or ashamed of this visitor.
I allow myself to feel anxious.
I believe that it’s OK to feel anxious.
Feeling anxious doesn’t define me.
Feeling anxious doesn’t touch my self-worth.
I’m comfortable with feeling anything.
Mastery of anxiety is not the absence of anxiety but the acceptance of anxiety.
The problem is the fear, the denial, or the shame of anxiety.
Loving you, Angelos