I often fear the worst. Then the fear turns to panic. Fear of fear. Sometimes over something as common and non-life-threatening as finding out that I've got to work harder for my courses i had a panic attack. A suffocating-heart-pounding-i-think-i'm-going-to-die panic attack. It seems ridiculous to me now. Absolutely ridiculous!
I share this to tell anyone that is anxiety plagued like me to hold someone's hand and stop putting off what you know you need to do, whatever that may be. And get this book. It will change your life. It's a wonderful read for anyone. Much of his writing reminds us that jesus told us sufficient is the evil of today to deal with that we don't need to worry about the tomorrow (until the tomorrow) . Give us THIS day our daily bread. Planning and preparing are vastly different than worry and anxiety. The best way to prepare for tomorrow is to concentrate with all your intelligence and enthusiasm on doing today's work superbly today. From the book:
"we are standing at the meeting of two eternities: the vast past and future. we can't possibly live in either of those two eternities...but by trying to do so we can wreck both our bodies and our minds. so live from now until bedtime. 'anyone can carry his burden, however hard, until nightfall,' wrote robert lewis stevenson, 'anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day. anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, till the sun goes down. and this is all life really means."
