Why Does Life Feel So Scary?

We all have times when we feel so down in the dumps and that everything in the world is working against us. We have centered ourselves as a focal point. We believe that the things in our lives revolve around what we do, what we say, how we act, and the choices we make. It drives us insane to believe we have that much responsibility to affect our world and lives by just being us.

But when we give ourselves that much responsibility that doesn’t belong to our core, we overburden our minds. It’s no longer just our interactions that affect the people and things around us — we begin believing that the world can witness when we are sitting and brooding in our bedrooms. The private thoughts we have begin to affect other lives. The pain in our hearts becomes pain in others.

So, yes, we do have the power to affect others and how we are treated, but we don’t make choices for other people and things. These outside forces that we have no control over only come into our lives and are affected by the way we project ourselves. We don’t have responsibility over whether these things stay or not. We only have control over ourselves.

The responsibility that we give ourselves is too much. No one can take away how we feel or how we think — that is our power. They have their own power to feel and think, too. They do not revolve around us — our lives are intertwined by the mere fact of living or the universe. They become closer with a singular purpose — our sun or the biggest objective that is always in our sights. We get closer when we realize we have similar traits, like breathing oxygen, thinking, feeling, and we can communicate that with each other. We intertwine when we realize our different abilities can make a bigger difference together — 1+1 does not equal two, but greater.

Life feels scary when we begin to believe we are greater than the 1 we are. Our roles are not to take up everything that comes into life. We find what we feel passionate about sharing and care to contribute, and then we grow from there. Those skills that we specialize in becomes the catalyst of a greater purpose — we combine what we know with the traits of others. We share the responsibility with others, and we all benefit from that growth.

So, when you feel like the world is trying to tear you down, step back, and figure out what you’re actually responsible for. It may not be as big as we thought. Take some deep breaths, let go of what we’re not capable of changing, and start the things we can.

Suddenly, life won’t feel so scary anymore.

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