Free Yourself From Anxiety

I promise you nothing is as chaotic as it seems. Nothing is worth your health. Nothing is worth poisoning yourself into stress, anxiety, and fear.

Anxiety’s like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn’t get you very far.

Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.

Its not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it.

Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.

Don’t let your mind bully your body into believing it must carry the burden of its worries.

My need to solve the problem is the problem.

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

Nothing in the universe can stop you from letting go and starting over.

Smile, breathe, and go slowly.

Don’t try to steer the river.

Stress is caused by being ‘here’ but wanting to be ‘there.’

Worrying is carrying tomorrow’s load with today’s strength - carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worrying doesn’t empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.

Nothing is permanent in this wicked world — not even our troubles.

Every day brings a choice: to practice stress or to practice peace.

Anxiety is one little tree in your forest. Step back and look at the whole forest.

There must be quite a few things that a hot bath won’t cure, but I don’t know many of them.

God didn’t do it all in one day. What makes me think I can?

Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.

Abundance is a process of letting go; that which is empty can receive.

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.

Stress is the trash of modern life — we all generate it but if you don’t dispose of it properly, it will pile up and overtake your life.

Sometimes people let the same problem make them miserable for years when they could just say, So what. That’s one of my favorite things to say. So what.

We must be willing to let go of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.

Said the river to the seeker, “Does one really have to fret about enlightenment? No matter which way I turn, I’m homeward bound.”

Because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart even when it leads you off the well worn path.

I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

You forgive yourself for every failure because you are trying to do the right thing. God knows that and you know it. Nobody else may know it.

Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.

You can only lose what you cling to.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. When I let go of what I have, I receive what I need.