Anxiety = Angst, Disquietude, Distress, Fretfulness, Mistrust, Nervousness, Unease, Worriment

Quote of the Day:

"We must remain quiet. If we leave nature alone, she recovers gently from the disorder into which she has fallen. It is our anxiety, our impatience, which spoils all; and nearly all men die of their remedies, not of their diseases."

-Beralde in The Imaginary Invalid by Jean-Baptist Poquelin (Better Known As: Moliere)


So I thought I'd shake things up a bit and start with a quote today. Last night I went to see my school's production of The Imaginary Invalid. It was absolutely brilliant. Every single cast member was placed in the perfect role and performed to the best of their abilities. Every character was equally over-the-top, and it was so much fun to watch them all just have the time of their lives.

The basic storyline is that this man is a hypochondriac, so he decides to marry his daughter off to a physician so he can receive free treatments. Obviously, the daughter is incredibly unhappy about this, especially since she has fallen in love with someone else and was waiting for his proposal, not to mention the fact that her father isn't even legitimately sick! Well at one point, the protagonist's brother comes by to talk him into listening to his daughter's appeals and makes the above statement [which, by the way, was on the cover of the program. I didn't memorize it on the spot]. But it really resonates with me, so I wanted to share it with you.

Recently, it has been brought to my attention by my church's pastor that anxiety is a choice.

Just think about it. We cannot control what happens around us, but we can choose how we react to it.

Anxiety is a choice.

Philippians 4:6-7 says this: "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."

Lately, I haven't even been reading my Bible, except for homework for my Bible class, because I've just been allowing this to sink in and I've been applying it to my life. Whenever I begin to worry about anything, I've been trying to tell God about it and just trusting Him with it all because He is in control.

I guess we could call this entry "I'm Finding My Inner-Pocahontas, Part 2."


Alternate Quote of the Day:

"I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me... but it's hard to stay mad, when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst... And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life."

-Lester Burnham, American Beauty