GET RID OF ANXIETY

 

GET RID OF ANXIETY

Anxiety is defined as persistent worry and fear about physical or mental situations. It has always been there and will remain there forever.

Nobody is completely  free from anxiety.  There was a time when diseases like tuberculosis, malaria and cholera had no medicines as cure.

Today, cancer with all the progress made by the medical science is not yet completely curable.

Bad health is the main cause of anxiety. And good heath is out of reach in the present day polluted world.

Hundreds of social problems including, poverty, unemployment, family splits , loneliness, natural calamities, international conflicts, uneven distribution of life-supporting resources are also responsible human anxiety.

Sleep is now a problem. Most of the diseases and day-to- day problems make people sleepless, whereas sleep is the chief remedy for anxiety.

Immorality, too, has become a major cause of sleeplessness and all sorts of anxiety.

The best approach to get rid of anxiety is to treat it as the common fate of  humanity. Don’t allow it to frighten you. Let it be there as a natural  phenomenon.

Who is not suffering from anxiety these days?. Even innocent children are its victims.

Live as joyfully as you can on the day before you. No clinging to the past, no apprehensions about the future. Laugh, drink and be merry. Try to consider yourself innocent, not guilty. Be contented with whatever you have. Your desires may be unlimited, but their fulfillment is limited.

 Trust in God for relief from anxiety through meditation and prayer.

Lord Buddha’s eightfold path comprising : right view, right thinking, right action, right effort, right livelihood, right speech, right concentration and right mindfulness are a panacea for all sorts of anxieties.

To conclude, here are two helpful quotes:

1.Anxiety is the rust of life, destroying its brightness and weakening its power. A childlike and abiding trust in Providence is the best preventive and remedy. ---------Tryon Edwards, American theologian and editor 1809-94).

2. It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow that weigh a man down. For the needs of today we have corresponding strength given. For the morrow we are told to trust. It is not ours yet.----Scottish novelist, George Macdonald (18241905) .

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G.R.Kanwal

4^th March 2025