Monday Musing

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Registered: 03-11-2004
Monday Musing
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Mon, 10-10-2005 - 1:30am
Monday, October 10, 2005

Face life
+++++++++++++++++++

Fear is often much more destructive than that which is
feared. Anxiety can often be far more harmful than those
things about which you are anxious.

Avoiding effort can be more difficult and time-consuming
than the effort itself. Worrying about a negative situation
is usually more prolonged and painful than experiencing the
situation itself.

Life is best when you face it directly. Your efforts are far
more effective when they don't have to push through layers
of denial, avoidance and anxiety.

When something must be said, stand up and say it. When
something needs to be done, get busy and do it.

It can be tempting to put tasks off until later, or to think
that problems will just go away, or to hope that some
magical occurrence will fulfill your desires. Yet the truth
is that the real fulfillment in life comes from putting all
of yourself into the living of it.

So go ahead and face that fear, make that effort, move
forward into new territory and fully live the grand
possibilities with which you're blessed. Boldly face life,
and you'll find it to be better than you ever imagined.

Ralph Marston

 

 


 



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Registered: 06-02-2003
In reply to: cl_ijanis51
Mon, 10-10-2005 - 2:43pm

Hi Jan, As I was reading your article it reminded me of how Lucinda Bassett talks about how anxiety and panic are nothing more than fear, fear of having an anxiety or panic attack.

 

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Registered: 01-17-2001
In reply to: cl_ijanis51
Mon, 10-10-2005 - 4:00pm
yes Jan.. that is precisely my problem. I am more afraid of the anxiety then anything else.. Jay mentioned to me today (when I told him I was feeling "grumpy" our code word for the unreal feelings) that I didn't even mention anxiety at all Saturday or Sunday. That was amazing to hear... although I feel it creeping in but I will just try not to fear it.
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