I feel straight-jacketed by the unrelenting advance of Covid-19, seeping across continents, countries, into my province and finally my town. What can I DO? I am programmed with a desire to help, to fight against what is upon us, but feel helpless against this wave.
COPING WITH ANXIETY
When life is travelling along the rails we have set out for ourselves, the plans we have made, under the control we exert over our schedules, we feel all is well. It is when the train jumps the tracks and we experience the unexpected that fear and anxiety may rise up to meet us. I have a story to tell of how the simple practise of breath prayer tamed my anxiety, and helped me to focus on the present.