Why inner strength and anxiety can co-exist.
I always thought that being strong meant having no anxiety, no fear, no setbacks.
Recently, I realized that’s not the case. I am accepting the possibility that I can be strong AND have anxiety and fear at the same time. I am accepting that some things are hard for me and that’s ok. Just because it’s hard for me, doesn’t mean I’m not strong.
Being strong means moving through the hard things. Doing things even when they are hard.
And getting through anything hard requires us to dig even deeper and use the inner strength we didn’t even know we had. Sometimes that looks graceful and other times it looks like anxiety and tears. Either way, you are STILL strong.
I’m sharing this because if I wasn’t so hard on myself at the time I was most sick, maybe my body would have felt safer and would have healed faster. Or at the least, my journey would have been more peaceful.
With chronic illness, it’s easy to focus on how you aren’t “enough”. Strong enough. Worthy enough. Healthy enough. Kind enough.
Here’s your reminder:
You ARE enough.
You ARE strong.
You are a warrior.
