Some Anxiety is Normal

Please don’t beat the shit out of yourself for being anxious sometimes. It’s perfectly normal. Life is goddamned scary as fuck.  Just turn on the news. If you don’t have some anxiety, you are a sociopath. And, FYI, we are the only creatures on Earth that know something is coming in our future. Not dolphins, or dogs, or chimpanzees. Do you know what we are singularly aware of that is coming?

Yup – death. We know someday our friends, our family, ourselves, are going to die. And no matter your spiritual beliefs, this is scary, painful and anxiety-provoking.

So, cut yourself some slack. If you wake up (as I do) in the wee hours of the night, with panic in your heart – you are not alone. It is the human condition. Yes, life is a beautiful, wondrous thing. But it is also filled with heartache, ugliness, and death. Anxiety is just part of the equation.

So, give yourself a break and know that you are a perfectly normal human being.