"Trust Yourself"

Claudette and I were talking today about a few separate little things that were causing each of us some anxiety. They were in themselves not big things and as we shared our respective issues we both struggled to define the reasons behind the anxiety. This got my brain working overtime of course, which for me means using it for more than 20 minutes in any 24 hour period. Actually I’m about 35000 feet above sea level now and I think my brain works better up here. I guess I would have to look back at some other posts I generated on an airplane to see if that theory has any validity. I know the elevation has resulted in some long ones but in my experience the length of a sermon is often inversely proportionate to its value.

So shut up already and get back to the point!

I think anxiety is often a direct reflection of a feeling of powerlessness, a sense that we don’t have control. I think that I (we) have to stop letting that matter so much. I think that if we are being honest, being considerate, being kind and being genuine, and perhaps most of all not being judgmental, then what else should matter. Perhaps it just comes down to a matter of trusting ourselves that we are indeed being these things, even if, and when we make m s]istakes. If we truly trust ourselves why the need for anxiety? What will be will be.

But none of that matters anyway because today is our Kylie’s 4th birthday. I’m sorry that I have to miss it but appropriately her highness proves my point totally and unarguably. She has complete and utter control over me and she suffers absolutely no anxiety about it!!!


I did send her some flowers.

Happy Birthday Kylie!

“In order to trust fully one must be fully trustworthy”---Anon


love
peter