4 » AWARENESS Balancing Being and Doing
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.
MARCUS AURELIUS, Roman emperor and stoic philosopher
I lay sprawled out on my living room floor in the middle of the day, crying uncontrollably, tears sliding down the sides of my face and onto the carpet. The shortness of breath, tension in my chest, and tightness in my stomach felt like a heart attack. The overwhelming anxiety constricted my throat and choked my sobs. Although I felt the floor beneath me, I felt as though I was untethered from reality. The floor was not a foundation but an edge I could slide off of any second, falling ...
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