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

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Jodi Picoult

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Fear, stress or anxiety as well as freedom and happiness all start within ourselves. We decide how we handle things and which meaning we give to what happens to us. What is helpful to learn is, that you cannot control what is outside your reach but what you can steer is, how to respond to it in order to stay healthy, optimistic and to keep you inner peace.

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