The Gift of Anxiety

Many view me as very well organized, clean and efficient.  

They see this as a gift.  

What they don’t know is that I am this way because I have to be.  

I struggle with anxiety.  

I need things to be well organized and clean otherwise I might have a difficult time focusing.

If things aren’t in such a way, it will wear on me, cause me to become irritable and trigger my anxiety.

Sometimes I get anxious and I don’t know why, but what seems to calm me down is cleaning and organizing.  

It’s the one thing I can control in that moment and the end result is a centered mind.

What others see as a gift is the result of my battle with anxiety. 

Challenges are a part of life.

We can let them cripple us or we can let them strengthen us.

Our challenges bring out our gifts.

-Leticia Rae