In the first two parts of this series, I wrote about why as Christians we should be able to find a way to live free of life-crippling worry and doubt…anxiety. I wrote about being in a situation where the drive toward anxiety was very real, very natural, and had potential to negatively impact every day. I explained that as I was preparing for a 5 week international trip, I felt that I needed to be able to do it free of anxiety.
So now is the fun part. How did it work out?
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For years mankind has set out across waters great and small to explore what lies on the other side, to carry supplies, to settle in new places. The oceans of the world remain one of the great mysteries to be discovered. They are frontiers which draw people to adventures, to journeys which test the mettle of ones spirit, which refine and transform those who heed the call.
In the early stages of 2016, as a result of an adventure of this nature, a man not well known, made a transformational, even disruptive discovery in a little known corner of the South Pacific.
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So what does “no anxiety allowed” look like? Does it look like never being thoughtful, never planning, never considering safety signs? If it does, surely there will be a lot of people who will not even consider it possible, much less attainable for the responsible adult. What if it’s not quite that extreme? Though we’ll end up trying the extremes along the way, what if it’s a personal sweet spot somewhere between being useless because of worry, and being careless in an effort to avoid worry?
The no anxiety life is the life of being free of the worries which cannot achieve actual results. It is the life where concern is allowed, but not permitted to grow into oppressive weight.
On this day in 1986, my Mum and Dad welcomed me into the world. Most of the people in the room probably had no idea what kind of man I’d grow to become, or the adventures that awaited me.
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