{"id":1646,"date":"2017-08-01T15:54:55","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T20:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/?p=1646"},"modified":"2021-01-18T22:05:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T04:05:33","slug":"saavy-way-to-convert-anxiety-to-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/saavy-way-to-convert-anxiety-to-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"Savvy Ways to Transform Worry into Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"

Worry loves to fight for my brain the first moment of the day.<\/p>\n

If the externals are bright, my brain rings peace.<\/p>\n

But, if the externals are scary, my brain goes off like a cat in a hen house!<\/p>\n

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Bobcat stirring anxiety in the hen house\/Doovi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jeffrey Weiss, a business reporter for the Dallas Morning News<\/em>, recently died of brain cancer.<\/p>\n

One of his last columns made me curious about his approach to freaking nerves.<\/p>\n

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Solution #1<\/span> for worry<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Weiss turned to an unlikely source for his worries.<\/p>\n

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\u201cDo not worry at being worried; but accept worry peacefully.\u00a0 Difficult but not impossible.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong> John Chapman aka Johnny Appleseed<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Accept worry peacefully. \u00a0I like that! \u00a0But how?<\/p>\n

The stoics believed it’s reasonable to accept worrisome events calmly.<\/p>\n

\u201cNothing else is the cause of anxiety or loss of tranquility except our own opinion.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0 Epicetus<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But, I wonder if self-discipline . . .<\/p>\n