Comments on: On Anxiety http://danishapiro.com/2009/12/on-anxiety/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:57:46 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: kentalbert http://danishapiro.com/2009/12/on-anxiety/comment-page-1/#comment-78 kentalbert Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:34:20 +0000 http://danishapiro.com/2009/12/on-anxiety/#comment-78 I find that turning wants into needs is a crippling default behavior of mine. I have come to recognize I have everything I need, always have, always will. Wants are fine to have, but when I turn them into needs, I have created for myself a false reality where my satisfaction now resides well outside of myself and usually outside of any personal empowerment. This has time and time again led me to a place of despair. Like Dorothy and the ruby slippers, I always had what I needed to find my way home. Why didn't "they" tell me that? Because, yes, I wouldn't have believed them until I saw some flying monkeys and rubber trees and wicked witches... I have everything I need to be happy. When my unhappiness no longer worked for me, I was forced to see this truth. A parallel to AA's first step - I was powerless over unhappiness, and my life became unmanageable. Accepting this was the door to awareness, to myself. I find that turning wants into needs is a crippling default behavior of mine. I have come to recognize I have everything I need, always have, always will. Wants are fine to have, but when I turn them into needs, I have created for myself a false reality where my satisfaction now resides well outside of myself and usually outside of any personal empowerment. This has time and time again led me to a place of despair. Like Dorothy and the ruby slippers, I always had what I needed to find my way home. Why didn't "they" tell me that? Because, yes, I wouldn't have believed them until I saw some flying monkeys and rubber trees and wicked witches... I have everything I need to be happy. When my unhappiness no longer worked for me, I was forced to see this truth. A parallel to AA's first step - I was powerless over unhappiness, and my life became unmanageable. Accepting this was the door to awareness, to myself.

]]> By: jrpanico http://danishapiro.com/2009/12/on-anxiety/comment-page-1/#comment-71 jrpanico Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:45:16 +0000 http://danishapiro.com/2009/12/on-anxiety/#comment-71 I love this. It's so simple yet profoundly true. Pure happiness comes from doing something you truly love-- not for fame, glory or recognition but simply because in the doing you feel most like your true self. Thank you for your books. I am reading Slow Motion (can't put it down) and cannot wait to read Devotion. I love this. It's so simple yet profoundly true. Pure happiness comes from doing something you truly love-- not for fame, glory or recognition but simply because in the doing you feel most like your true self. Thank you for your books. I am reading Slow Motion (can't put it down) and cannot wait to read Devotion.

]]> By: Healing-cafe.com http://danishapiro.com/2009/12/on-anxiety/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Healing-cafe.com Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:51:08 +0000 http://danishapiro.com/2009/12/on-anxiety/#comment-66 Thanks Dani for an informative article.<br><br>I think when we are immersed in something we do and note that that time has passed then the very anxiety that we had has almost disappeared and gone. But when we stress things out as you mention as getting things done by yesterday then of-course this will introduce anxiety into ones life.<br><br>Cheers!<br>Jon Thanks Dani for an informative article.

I think when we are immersed in something we do and note that that time has passed then the very anxiety that we had has almost disappeared and gone. But when we stress things out as you mention as getting things done by yesterday then of-course this will introduce anxiety into ones life.

Cheers!
Jon

]]> By: Carleen http://danishapiro.com/2009/12/on-anxiety/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Carleen Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:20:25 +0000 http://danishapiro.com/2009/12/on-anxiety/#comment-3 Love this! Love this!

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