I journaled this to myself last week and felt it would be a valuable share. It’s one of my favorite things I’ve written.
Amazing what you stand to learn about yourself when you replace the word “stress” with “fear”. It’s the result of a simple root cause analysis— what’s driving your stress?
It’s always fear.
Fear of running out of money and being left on the curb, fear of being alone forever, fear of being unhappy forever, fear of being uncomfortable forever.
Fear is engrained into us. You’ll be hard pressed to remove fear entirely, but we can control our reaction to fear (stress). Make peace with the fear. See it. Use it to heighten your senses and mental capabilities. But don’t destroy yourself by activating stress, worry, and anxiety. React with a cool calm collection. See the fear, shake its hand, welcome it as your comrade in arms.