As we continue our tour in Barcelona (which you can follow through my stories on Instagram Here) the word ‘Expectation’ seems to be the sticking point in my mind regularly. Diving deeper into this anxiety epiphany, I’ve come to realize that what we expect has the greatest chance to manifest itself in our lives, however we run into a problem here because…
Anxiety sufferers unconsciously and continuously expect the worst which could easily be the driving force behind their chronic anxiety in mind and body.
Think about it, the initial moments when you wake up you’re still in a haze, re-orienting yourself back into your present environment. However, what tends to happen just a few moments later? We begin to expect what has been common and familiar in our bodies, and our minds follow suit.
You expect the same anxiety symptom from yesterday, and find it.
You expect the aches and pains that accompany you, and you find it.
You expect a mind cluttered with catastrophic ideas, and you find it.
What we expect tends to be realized! This, must be your anxiety epiphany for the day as well.
So what can we do about this? Positive thinking won’t help since that’s kind of like adding fresh milk on moldy milk, it will still taste like moldy milk. Instead, what if we became masters at observing these unconscious expectations, began disassociating from them, and used our imagination for a greater purpose instead?
Do this right now:
Close your eyes and imagine that you’re sitting in an Imax theatre as you watch the anxious you on the movie screen. Take a bite into your popcorn, sip your drink, and just keep watching your entire morning unfold as you become the observer of the old you.
What just happened?
You disconnected from the part of you that sorts for familiarity and consistently wants to move you back into an anxious state out of a need to protect. When you can master this exercise you will begin to dis-connect from any of the anxious habits and expectations you used to fall for.
You begin living your life from a place of creation, from a conscious place, a place of deeper awareness rather than unconsciously within what I like to call ‘zombie consciousness,’
I hope my anxiety epiphany spoke to you deeply and hope it resonated with you my friends. One day at a time to becoming more than anxiety, that is where we are headed.
Lots of love.
