90-Day Summer Simplifying Challenge ~ Day 69 {Anxiety/Delight}

Overcoming anxiety is a big piece of my 90-Day Summer Simplifying Challenge. I come from a family of worriers. Anxiety is in my DNA. I am morphing it into delight. Read my Manifesto

A Recovering Magpie’s Anxiety/Delight Effect

Greg Boyle, SJ, says, “Anxiety happens when we’ve forgotten to delight in the present moment.” I love that thought and have embraced it so many times in the past few years. Watch this video for an explanation of what he means.

A great blessing my 90-Day Summer Simplifying Challenge has been the transformation of anxiety to delight. I have experienced life changing and game changing moments during the past six years – the loss of my career as a magazine editor, the loss of my bucket list home, the restructuring of my ego, the depression and attempted suicide of a loved one, the start of a new career to name a few. All, even the good moments, produced some form of anxiety.

Through much inner work and a butt load of faith, I have come to understand that I need to take delight when I start to feel anxiety weighing down on me. Delight you scoff!!! DELIGHT I say!!!

{Coming clean} Anxiety almost ruined my ability to delight!

My Summer Simplifying Challenge

How can you take delight from anxiety and what does this have to do with the Summer Simplifying Challenge? I have discovered a secret that keeps me going and happy in the face of anxiety. I have learned that just when the entire world seems to be crashing down on top of me, when I am experiencing the darkest night of the soul…something amazingly good lies on the other side of that pain. I have learned to delight in what is!!! {insert BIG smile}

Every piece of my life puzzle, when laid before me is a clear path to my present moment. All those painful things taught me something valuable that I can use today to do what I do and to be who I am. Without them I have no idea where I would be or who I would be. The pain and the heartache was necessary to bring me here today as I am.

This anxiety/delight effect has made my 90-Day Summer Simplifying Challenge so much easier. The anxiety of letting go will bring a delightful reward with it. Anxiety is now a gift to be unwrapped with delight for I know the secret…and now so do you!

 Today’s Accomplishments

1. One box, sorted and things placed into the ‘outta here’ boxes!
2. The house is clean and orderly.

Today’s Setbacks

1. None.

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