Can you meet the day confident in who you are and the value you bring? Can you turn anxiety into action? Can you know that you are moving forward no matter how stuck you feel?

If I had one thing I’d want stenciled in the inside of my eyelids, it would be “Can you turn anxiety into action?” It’s probably the mantra I come back to the most when I am anxious. Sitting with anxiety is one of the things that I have the hardest time doing. I want to fix it and to make it go away.

But sometimes there is no action other than the passage of time that will address our anxiety. Indeed, more often than not, this seems to be the case. Anxiety is about the future and so sometimes all we can do is wait for it to come. However, this does not mean we cannot turn anxiety into action. We just need to accept the action may not directly treat the anxiety.

As you read this I wonder:

* How are you defining the value you bring?

* Do you believe that action can reduce anxiety even if the action doesn’t directly change the cause?

* Does moving forward feel like progress even when you might get pushed off the path for a bit?

I now am pretty sure that action, almost any productive action, helps me treat anxiety. Can you find a way this week to move ahead even when you may not be moving directly on your path?

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