Anxiety begets anxiety.<\/p>\n
Today, I stood in front of a towering gray mountain with colored specks. A friend told me to try. But my own fear nearly overcame me. I wanted to say no, I’ll just watch<\/i>, but instead I was encouraged to move ahead and found myself climbing it.<\/p>\n
So I climbed. One rock at a time. And somehow despite a fear of falling, I climbed up 10 feet without hesitation. Even looking down wasn’t that bad as I heard calls of good job<\/i> and then it was ok.<\/p>\n
And somehow the fear that nearly crippled me initially, almost making me wanting to just walk out…was replaced my exhaustion from climbing.<\/p>\n
What I thought was anxiety were only ropes on my hands that needed untying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Anxiety begets anxiety. Today, I stood in front of a towering gray mountain with colored specks. A friend told me to try. But my own fear nearly overcame me. I wanted to say no, I’ll just watch, but instead I … Continue reading