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October 10, 2008

When You’re Imagining Disastrous Endings

ME Liz Strauss wrote this at 6:10 am

Every Star Shines

Shine!

When I worked in an office, bigger problems seemed to happen when I was traveling. As a young manager, I used to look at every next trip with “what will happen this time?” anxiety.

My imagination could make anxiety into a motion picture with twists and turns and cinematic catastrophe.

Finally I caught on that the problems that happened when I was gone were the same incidents and mishaps that happened when I right there. I saw them with new proportions because I wasn’t there to manage them. I’d feel responsible for what went wrong. I’d be less effective. It wasn’t long before I was feeling anxious and imagining again.

I’m sure glad I gave up that anxiety habit. It threw my world view off balance.

It would happen, maybe for a reason, maybe without warning, I used to find myself feeling like I wasn’t up to a challenge. I’d get that creeping, anxious feeling that I wasn’t as good as the rest of the species.

It’s that thought that I wasn’t meant to be on the planet . . . and that soon everyone was gonna know . . .

Anxiety made the world all about me. It was years before I realized the answer was outside me.

The best results of anxious thoughts are positive actions they can cause.

When you’re imagining disastrous endings, pack that anxious adrenaline into positive experience. Move outside yourself. Move from where you are to where you’re wishing you might be.

Get curious. Get interested. Change your perspective.
Stop thinking, feeling, hiding. Start doing, being, believing. Experience yourself building, helping, teaching, creating, serving, giving, loving unconditionally.

You’re exceptional at some things, so no matter what one thing made you anxious . . . choose another and get going.
Start shining.
Shining heals better.
Shining calms worrying, whining, and regretting

Some say that it leads to smiling. Your results could vary.

But it’s fairly certain that it never leads to disastrous endings.

Whatcha’ waiting for? Make a weekend that shines.

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6 Comments to “When You’re Imagining Disastrous Endings”

  1. October 10th, 2008 at 6:59 am
    Naina Redhu said

    Thanks Liz! Inspiring. Exactly what I needed to be reminded of right now :)

  2. October 10th, 2008 at 8:21 am
    Karen Putz / DeafMom said

    Ah, what a nice post to start the weekend with! I’m heading up to Michigan–alone–for the first time since I had kids! Looking forward to painting a deck and taking in some quality time with my parents and sis. It’s my favorite place to let my mind loose, so I’m hoping to come back with some inspiration as well.

    Have an amazing weekend, Liz!

  3. October 10th, 2008 at 11:21 am
    Jannie said

    Liz, you are sooooo right about starting the “doing.” And if you take on the most difficult-seeming task first, it usually turns out to be not as bad as you feared.

    It’s the first step that matters most!

  4. October 11th, 2008 at 8:23 am
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Naina!
    I’m glad it was here when you needed to find it. :)

  5. October 11th, 2008 at 8:24 am
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Hi Karen,
    You seem to shine in any situation. The state Michigan will brighter this week. :)

  6. October 11th, 2008 at 8:25 am
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Hi Jannie,
    So much wisdom in what you just said.

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