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Daily Question, July 31

What gives me strength when I feel apprehensive about the future?

  • Maeve

    Knowing that I am not alone. There are friends and family who will be with me and help and encourage me.

  • Vincent-Edward Ciliberti

    I happened to be watching Youtube yesterday evening, i.e. Friday evening, before I went to bed and was watching Caught in Providence.
    It is people with a spine, a heart and above all, love, like the learned judge that give me hope in the bleak future.
    I always understood that it is a matter of upbringing, and if one listens carefully to the learned judge, a person would appreciate that he is ever so greatful as to how his parents raised the family.

  • Malag

    Apprehension about the future: that’s a difficult one, there. What can work for me is a mixture of acknowledging and accepting the apprehension on the one hand, and realising that the thoughts about the apprehension are just thoughts that the mind spins out as is its nature to do so. Interestingly for me, I don’t find that gratitude for today mitigates any apprehension about tomorrow.

  • Don Jones

    Remembering that the future is just my imagination at work and a distraction from the here and now.

  • Present Moment

    The Serenity Prayer

  • Hot Sauce

    When I feel apprehensive about the future, it helps to remember that I’m in a future that I have felt apprehensive about, and I’m doing okay, even if not everything is perfect. There have been many times in life where I thought the future looked bleak and hopeless, yet here I am today. I won’t pretend everything is bunnies and unicorns, but it’s definitely better than what my mind has sometimes imagined it to be!

  • KC

    Slowing down or staying still. Grounding and focusing on the present and what is within my sphere of influence (ie. very little!). Practicing gratefulness. Doing what I can. Praying. Trusting the great mystery …

  • Sneha Jayagopal

    One of the most important things that gives me strength when I feel apprehensive about the future is a quick 10 minute- meditation which simply involves closing my eyes and focusing on my breathing. This helps me in coming down and reflecting on what I am doing to make my future in the best possible way.

  • Linda

    Hearing our former president Mr. Obama speak in complete sentences and inspire us to bring our best selves forward.

    • amacord

      So true. Prez Obama inspires us, comforts us and reminds us to demonstrate our best behaviors and always strive to do our best. I am so proud of him. How we miss him and Michelle Obama, but they are still with us. Blessed be.

  • Javier Visionquest
    Nothing gives me strength when I feel apprehensive about the future – which is always. Tomorrow’s problems and challenges will have to wait until tomorrow. Absolutely everyone who’s ever lived was born into uncertain circumstances and to uncertain times. Nothing we remember happened as we remember. Nothing now is as we perceive it. Nothing in what we understand to be the future, for better or worse, will culminate as expected. I am reminded that even I, with all my fear and personal faili...

    Nothing gives me strength when I feel apprehensive about the future – which is always. Tomorrow’s problems and challenges will have to wait until tomorrow.

    Absolutely everyone who’s ever lived was born into uncertain circumstances and to uncertain times. Nothing we remember happened as we remember. Nothing now is as we perceive it. Nothing in what we understand to be the future, for better or worse, will culminate as expected. I am reminded that even I, with all my fear and personal failings, am a beloved son of a creation that is both the way and the vessel of all that I desire. Why do I still resist?

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    • Judith

      Well said, Javier!

      • Javier Visionquest

        We see t-shirts that remind us that “The future isn’t what it used to be”. This is so true! There are possibilities revealed by the present, where the future is in the house of the Magnificent Now, that weren’t even imaginable when what is now was hidden by the perceptual horizon we know as time.

  • Cheryl Read

    Staying in the Now

  • devy
    Focusing on the now, all the things and people I am am grateful for. Realizing that I will not worry about the future and what might happen. I lived a large part of my life with anxiety and fear. I’ve made great headway in learning to live today for the present. I cannot control what things « may «  happen. If i always focus on the « possible » doom and gloom that MAY happen then I’m missing enjoying living my journey NOW.. I had enough of living like that!! Goes in line with what if...

    Focusing on the now, all the things and people I am am grateful for. Realizing that I will not worry about the future and what might happen. I lived a large part of my life with anxiety and fear. I’ve made great headway in learning to live today for the present. I cannot control what things « may «  happen. If i always focus on the « possible » doom and gloom that MAY happen then I’m missing enjoying living my journey NOW.. I had enough of living like that!! Goes in line with what ifs that happened in the past.

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  • Nuways

    When I acknowledge a power greater than myself, without trying to analyze precisely the nature of that power, I feel the strength of hope.

  • Carla

    A nudge from the inner wisdom keeper that knows I have survived many sunrises & sunsets & personal tsunamis. Which leads to centering, doing the footwork & leaving the outcome to God.

  • Michele

    Frosted Flakes – they’re GREAT! no seriously, I don’t even eat those, lol. humor came to mind actually:)

  • sunnypatti
    I found myself feeling apprehensive about the future yesterday morning. My boyfriend said something about a large purchase we are going to make for a business plan, and my ego took that information and turned it sideways, making it all about me, old fears, and worry. It became personal, and I felt anxiety building. And I wasn't worried about our business plan, I was future tripping about our life together, plans to marry, and all the stuff related to being a couple in love. I am fortunate the...

    I found myself feeling apprehensive about the future yesterday morning. My boyfriend said something about a large purchase we are going to make for a business plan, and my ego took that information and turned it sideways, making it all about me, old fears, and worry. It became personal, and I felt anxiety building. And I wasn’t worried about our business plan, I was future tripping about our life together, plans to marry, and all the stuff related to being a couple in love.

    I am fortunate these days to be able to recognize what is happening before it gets out of control, and what gave me strength yesterday was pausing, breathing, and saying a quick prayer to keep me grounded and in the moment. And then I had to reflect on the things I had been thru and all of the great lessons I’ve learned in trust and letting go. So I let go. And the anxiety and worry went away.

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  • Debra

    Inner resolve.

  • Zenith

    Knowing that I have already survived a lot and that everything passes. The trick is to focus on being grateful for what I DO have and what can be done in the current situation. Right now, for me, that means finding a way to keep up on regular exercise. Keeping my body as physically healthy and strong as I can and staying in touch with as many people as I can.

  • Trish

    The easy answer is getting centered with God. This brings peace & reminds me that regardless of what happens God will always be present & I’m able to tap into that goodness whenever I want. The more comprehensive response is to “do the work” by getting involved in the hard work that it takes to make change. It can be grueling & sometimes feel fruitless yet it has to be done.

  • Katrina

    Centering down and asking myself and God, “What can I do about this now?” Sometimes the answer is “Tend to your own garden – literally and figuratively.” Sometimes the answer is “Be a part of the solution in what ever way you can.”

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