I Hate Having Anxiety
We all have it to some extent. Bob Beverly tells what causes it and how everyone is experiencing it on some level. He's a psychologist for over 30 years. He's helped Tiger Woods and writes about it on his website. If you're wanting peace and keeping it this is one of the many books I've read that helps you see the bigger picture of your life.
Here's an excerpt from it:
Bob Beverly's book:
Emotional Elegance
peace two - As you go about your daily life, why don’t you feel great peace? Are you planning a massacre or something? If you are doing no harm, why don’t you feel the blessed shalom? We all know why, no shame on you here. This is a scary world. Anxiety is a sane response to a scary world. And our monkey minds are brimming with guilt, comparisons, and the burdens of all we have yet to accomplish. Not to mention you may have been raised in waves of fear and recrimination and criticism—“the fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.” No wonder some people go to church just so they can hear someone say to them “The peace of the Lord be with you.” We all desperately need to do something about this peace gathering business, and I suggest you do truly see your good intentions, notice your no harm policy, and square off daily with monkey mind and remind monkey what Arlin Roy told me (“The superego is the devil”) which means that we pay too much attention to all that negative courtroom business in our brain and nowhere near enough attention to our talents, our loving ways, and our good willed effort to haul ourselves out of bed every day and make the world a bit of a better place with the bit we do.
Here's an excerpt from it:
Bob Beverly's book:
Emotional Elegance
peace two - As you go about your daily life, why don’t you feel great peace? Are you planning a massacre or something? If you are doing no harm, why don’t you feel the blessed shalom? We all know why, no shame on you here. This is a scary world. Anxiety is a sane response to a scary world. And our monkey minds are brimming with guilt, comparisons, and the burdens of all we have yet to accomplish. Not to mention you may have been raised in waves of fear and recrimination and criticism—“the fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.” No wonder some people go to church just so they can hear someone say to them “The peace of the Lord be with you.” We all desperately need to do something about this peace gathering business, and I suggest you do truly see your good intentions, notice your no harm policy, and square off daily with monkey mind and remind monkey what Arlin Roy told me (“The superego is the devil”) which means that we pay too much attention to all that negative courtroom business in our brain and nowhere near enough attention to our talents, our loving ways, and our good willed effort to haul ourselves out of bed every day and make the world a bit of a better place with the bit we do.
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