Two days ago it rained heavily in the morning. It helped me to remind on how to respond to my anxiety and uncomfortable feeling. The question is that is it realistic to expect that we can control the weather?
I know the answer that it is not possible for me to stop the rain or vice versa. At least not that I know of. But often I expect that I can change my feeling when it is not comfortable. I even become angry and upset why I feel that way. Drawing the analogy to rain, it is not helpful to be angry when it is raining. What we can do is to know that it is not dangerous in general and we have the choice of staying at home or going out with umbrella. Another thing about rain is that we know that it will stop. But often I treat my uncomfortable feeling as something that is permanent, something that is dangerous and must not happen.
So what I can do is to observe how I am feeling but do not need to try to change it. If it is a happy feeling, remember that it is not always there that I start taking beyond what I am capable of. If it is a sad feeling, there is no need to escape, it will go away by itself. The best action is to stick with daily living and move on as I observe my changing feelings.
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