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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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.
Originally drafted early December 2015
The other day I had an inspired moment, and these words, “no anxiety allowed,” formed the last part of a brief passage I had been writing regarding some lifestyle growth.
Anxiety is, by and large, an important and loud voice in western society’s way of life. Games of the “what-ifs” make up decision-making processes in personal lives, families, schools, business and politics. A large proportion would struggle to know what to do about a decision if it weren’t for the “what-ifs.” Continue reading
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