Why Your Secret Hiding Place Holds the Key to Wiping Out Anxiety

What do wildfires, heart attacks, and drunken sailors share in common with anxiety?

They show up unannounced, and you never know what they’re gonna do.

That’s why a hiding place is the difference between stability and a nervous breakdown.

It is a domain for unlimited strength and clarity, an antenna for answers to your biggest problems.

Anxiety you can’t handle

I wish a mentor had told me when I graduated from college, “Son, you have a great future.  It’s tremendously exciting, and the possibilities for your gifts and talents are unlimited.  But, you need an atomic fortress when all hell breaks loose because it’s going to explode often and in ways you can’t imagine.”

On second thought, I’m glad no one told me that because I probably would have holed up on a sailboat in the BVI for the rest of my life.

The BVI melts anxiety
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Guadalupe River Flood: How to Transform Your Loss into Life-Changing Redemption

A natural disaster like the July 4 Guadalupe River flood inflicts painful loss for years.

At least 129 people were killed.

Over 160 remain missing.

The Guadalupe River rose 26 feet in less than an hour at dawn on July 4, 2025.

This is worse than a 100-year flood event, according to experts.

Approximately 100 billion gallons of rain fell on Kerr County, more than the daily flow of Niagara Falls.

Guadalupe River loss
The cabin where 20 girls went missing on July 5, 2025, in the Guadalupe River flood/Ronaldo Schemidt/gettyimages

Is it possible to storm-proof the future?

And later, loss?

Some folks say it’s never wise to camp by a river, especially one in the middle of “Flash Flood Alley,” where a historic flood in August 1978 and another in July 1987 caused multiple fatalities.

But I think it’s fair to say there’s no place in the world to camp without risks.

An old Spanish proverb says, “There is no home which does not at some time know its hush.”

Three decisive steps may set a healing course for anyone drowning in tragedy.

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Cross this bridge and thrive over troubled waters

Bridge Over Troubled Water, the celebrated song by Simon & Garfunkel, is a compass.

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Whatever you’re trying to find, look for . . .

  • loyalty . . . I’m on your side
  • compassion . . . I will comfort you
  • encouragement . . . Sail on silver girl
  • vision . . . All your dreams are on their way
  • companionship . . . I’m sailing right behind

. . . and you will thrive over troubled water.

Untold millions recall the song’s August 1970 release as it inspires hope.

Last Christmas, our family watched the CBS special, Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon.

We found three treasures in what Stevie Wonder calls “one of the most beautiful songs ever written.”

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