I was writing in my gratitude journal this evening, and the feeling of appreciation for my friends, and love for them, came over me so strongly I had to share it here. To celebrate it out loud. To bask in it. To give you an opportunity to join me in honoring your friendships as well.
I’ll be forwarding this blog post to my friends, please feel free to do the same to yours. Happy Unofficial but Very Important Friendship Day :-)))
I have more than a handful of friends that Continue reading
The Vastness at the Heart of Anxiety
Seeing the intelligence in everything
by Jeff Foster
I was speaking to a young man who was dealing with severe anxiety. None of the ‘cures for anxiety’ he had been offered had worked for him. I asked him to stop trying to fix his anxiety, just for a moment. I invited him to stop imagining a future filled with anxiety or even free from anxiety, and to meet what was actually here, right now. I invited him to drop the label ‘anxiety’, to let go of that word, to come out of his story of past and future and look at his present experience with fresh eyes. What thoughts and sensations were appearing presently?
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