“You know I still get nervous speaking in front of people. Speaking reminds me of pitching in that way. No matter how much you prepare, there is always that anxiety to perform. Those butterflies. You learn to embrace that stress. Eventually you realize that stress is what pushes you to perform at your peak.... But man the roller coaster! I told myself that after my career was over I would live my life quietly, out of the public eye, with no chance of embarrassing myself in front of large groups of people. Yet...here I am!” PeopleKnowsMenWayStillsMatterEyeRealizingChanceCareersGroupsFrontsAnxietyStressEmbraceNervousButterflyLiving My LifeEmbarrassingPitchingHere I AmRoller CoasterCoastersPublic EyeLarge Groups Author:Jim Abbott
“There are legitimate concerns and anxieties that the forces of globalisation are leaving too many people behind - and we have to take those concerns seriously and address them. But the answer isn't to turn inward and embrace protectionism. We can't just walk away from trade.” PeopleTurnsForceAnswersWalksBehindsAnxietyConcernTradeEmbraceLeavingAddressesInwardGlobalisationProtectionism Author:Barack Obama
“As you embrace your pain, you get relief and you find out how to handle that emotion. And if you know how to handle the fear, then you have enough insight in order to solve the problem. The problem is to not allow that anxiety to take over.” IfsKnowsEnoughProblemPainOrderEmotionKnow HowAnxietyEmbraceInsightSolveHandleRelief Author:Nhat Hanh
“Your anxiety is your baby. You have to take care of it. You have to go back to yourself, recognize the suffering in you, embrace the suffering, and you get relief. And if you continue with your practice of mindfulness, you understand the roots, the nature of the suffering, and you know the way to transform it.” IfsKnowsWayCareSufferingPracticeBabyAnxietyMindfulnessRootsEmbraceTake CareRelief Author:Nhat Hanh
“There's always something in new technology that promotes anxiety on the one hand, but also grieving on the other. With the internet, I think we can remember a time when people said "I don't use email," or "I'm not going to get email." I once had to do a piece on people who had never used the internet and refused to start and I found three people. But when I talked to them, they had used it, at some point or another. It's almost impossible to stay off the internet entirely. We feel as though we didn't get to make a decision. There's this new dawn and we all have to embrace it.” PeopleThinkingRememberDecisionTechnologyImpossibleInternetAnxietyEmbraceGrievingNew Technology Author:Virginia Heffernan
“It's like a mother, when the baby is crying, she picks up the baby and she holds the baby tenderly in her arms. Your pain, your anxiety is your baby. You have to take care of it. You have to go back to yourself, to recognize the suffering in you, embrace the suffering, and you get a relief.” CarePainMotherSufferingCompassionCryBabyArmsAnxietyPicksEmbraceTake CareReliefLike A Mother Author:Nhat Hanh
“I try to remember that the job - as well as the plight, and the unexpected joy - of the artist is to embrace uncertainty, to be sharpened and honed by it.” TryingWellsJobsRememberJoyArtistAnxietyEmbraceUncertaintyUnexpectedPlight Book:Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life Source: Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life
“No matter what you are dealing with in life, be it resentment or regret, bitterness or sadness, anger or apathy, hatred or hesitation, depression or disempowerment, disappointment or other destructive anxieties, painful envy or emotional turmoil, fear of isolation or thoughts of failure, keep in mind that if you are positive, positivity will find you and embrace you!” IfsMindMatterLife IsSadnessEmotionalRegretAnxietyHatredNo Matter WhatEmbracePainfulDisappointmentPositivityEnvyIsolationDestructiveBitternessApathyResentmentHesitationTurmoilEmotional TurmoilDisempowerment Author:Widad Akrawi