The good, the bad, the better

Auguste Rodin wrote"Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely."

During one of my high anxiety events, it was hard to see or even think of how to get out of it. I couldn't see past the anxiety. My mind was racing, I had all these terrible thoughts. I felt despair, and fear. I couldn't think logically. It crippled me.

After what seemed like an eternity, I arrived on the other side. I saw my way through.
I am new to the anxiety attacks and how to cope with them. I took deep breaths, I turned on some music, I got up and forced myself to get busy and I told myself that I can get over this.

Sitting still and doing nothing wasn't and isn't an option.

I wrote a note as a reminder of the theme of this post. "Remember the good things when feeling bad." Not only remember the good things, remember that I got through it. That's the light at the tunnels end..I made it through a hard situation and I can do it again. That's the wisdom of the experience.

It's like my lemon pie recipe. The first two attempts were okay. After talking to Margaret and coming up with ways to make it better, it did get better. The mistakes I made those two times showed me that if I tweaked just a bit, it was worth trying. I made some mistakes with the 3rd try. Again my experience will make my 4th pie even better.

Thomas Edison tried 2,000 times to make a light bulb. If he can keep trying , so can I.

live, love, laugh, learn, listen,

Dave