Weight of the World

There’s a lot of anxiety in the world right now. Worry about the future, violence, uncertainty, hardship, and justice occupy our minds. Though it makes perfect sense that we would have worry and fear, how can you learn to keep it in check, find a place of peace, and transform anxiety into positive energy and action? The weight of the world is not yours to bear.

Nothing can change within yourself, nor can you impact the world around you if you are locked in your own prison of anxiety. – Derek O’Neill (Click to Tweet!)

Caring about the state of the world is not the same as having anxiety about it. Care and empathy will propel you into a mindset that can be a positive force. Anxiety just paralyzes you and creates inaction and inward thinking that feeds on itself.

Healing Begins with Self-Reflection

You cannot be of service to others by feeling anxious about their circumstances, or your own. Acceptance doesn’t mean complacency, yet you cannot fight the good fight until you see the positive and negative elements in the world as part of a natural order. There will be light and there will be dark. All the anxiety in the universe won’t change anyone’s situation, or an issue, or unfair policy, or wrongdoing at any level. When we work on our own consciousness, we can then connect with a collective consciousness that can transform people, countries and the entire world. Healing begins with self-reflection and discovery.

Quieting anxiety is a quieting of the mind. All of us need to begin to take responsibility for who we are, what we are, and what it is that we want to change. To get there you have to come from a space of silence. At some stage, we must make a conscious decision to say, “Okay, here I am, I am sitting here. I’m going to be quiet for a moment and I’m going to see what is going on in my life right now that could be changed for the better.”

You are inherently empowered to understand that no matter what emotion you are feeling, it’s all energy at the end of the day.

How much energy you put into feeling anxious about the world, or your individual life, will determine whether it lives or whether it dies. If you plant a vegetable in the garden and you don’t water it and give it nourishment, it will die, simple as that. You have to cut off the life force of anything you don’t want in your life anymore, or it’s going to continue to grow. The first step is to acknowledge that anxiety is keeping you from experiencing all the potential that is available to you. Once you recognize that anxiety has become an issue, you can begin to take away its life force.

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Derek O’Neill, fondly referred to as the Celtic Sage, inspires and uplifts people from all walks of life, offering guidance to influential world leaders, businesses, celebrities, athletes and everyday people alike. Distilled from his life work in psychotherapy, a martial arts career and intensive study with wise yogis and Indian and Tibetan masters, Derek translates ancient wisdom into modern day teachings to address the biggest challenges facing humanity today. For additional insights listen to his free radio archives or order his books on Anxiety, Stress and Depression.

Derek O’Neill, fondly referred to as the Celtic Sage, inspires and uplifts people from all walks of life, offering guidance to influential world leaders, businesses, celebrities, athletes and everyday people alike. Distilled from his life work in psychotherapy, a martial arts career and study with wise yogis and Indian and Tibetan masters, Derek translates ancient wisdom into modern day teachings to address the biggest challenges facing humanity today. For additional insights listen to his free radio archives or order his book on Forgiveness.

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