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Nervousness And Excitement

Nervousness and excitement are the same energy.

Your body doesn’t know the difference.

All your body knows is that you are anticipating something that will change you.

Your primal nature perceives change as dangerous.

Transformation is a threat to your safety.

When you are anticipating change, you must, therefore, make a decision as to whether you want to be excited or nervous about it.

Your feelings are your feelings, but the story you tell yourself about them is your choice.

NERVOUSNESS AND EXCITEMENT
By Robert Van Valkenburgh
Meditations of a Gentle Warrior

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June 15, 2024

Being nervous about something that matters to you is normal.

Nervousness, like any other feeling, should not be ignored or denied.

You cannot simply wish or push away your feelings and expect them to disappear.

Your feelings exist, they are real, and they must be acknowledged.

If not, you actually give them power to rule over you in darkness.

It is far better to shine the light of truth on your feelings, to lean into them, and to ask them what they are trying to teach you.

Your feelings are not something happening to you.

They are part of you.

Learn to accept them.

When you are nervous, smile at your nervousness, welcome it in, and sit with it.

Embrace it like an old friend.

You have both been here before and you will be here again.

It is time to get to work, together.

May 20, 2023