Anxiety
Seth Godin, a guy who is kind of a guru of marketing and business wrote
the following blog on anxiety which I thought was very good and biblical:
"Perhaps your anxiety is specific to magicians"
I found that quote in a strangely-translated instruction manual for an
obscure but beautiful trick.
But it has wide applicability.
Perhaps your anxiety is specific to artists or musicians or to anyone who
has to stand up and stand out and stand for something.
It turns out that your anxiety isn't specific at all. Perhaps it is due
to the fact that you're trying to control things that you can't possibly
control.
Your anxiety might merely be a sign that you care deeply about your work.
Anxiety is almost never a useful emotion to carry around. Even for
magicians.
Now that you've been reminded that you care, it pays to let the anxiety
go. Good riddance.
Here is the biblical exhortation:
Do not be
anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with
thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which
transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ
Jesus.
Philippians
4:6-7