Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad. – Proverbs 12:25
Many things, especially in these days, makes it easy to be anxious. We each may have an anxiety trigger that weighs us down. For me, just the thought of going to the dentist is anxiety producing, let alone actually sitting in the dentist chair. The other day I slugged my way, with a stooped, weighed down posture, into my dentist’s office…
“Worry is like a rocking chair, it will give you something to
do, but it won’t get you anywhere!”
-Unknown
On my first birthday, I was gifted a rocking chair which grew in age as I grew in age. This rocking chair provided many hours of soothing comfort as my little heart often was an anxious heart. Who knows what could trouble a tiny heart, but in those times of anxiety, I would hop on the chair and rock away the minutes, and consequently, my worries. The rocking activity was a calming balm to my young heart and mind!