Am I Fine?

 

"Can you please get my meds from the counter?" requested Pam as she settled with her cup of tea.

"When you have no physical aches, why are you still consuming these pills?" asked a concerned Dave.  

"It's the mental ache, and these pills keep me high," she said with a forced smile. 

Dave frowned and was about to give his opinion.

Just then, the phone rang.

"Hi, Lisa!" said Pam while keeping eye contact with her beau.

"Life is super! I'm rocking it, my friend," said Pam with shrugged shoulders and a downward glance while fidgeting with the blanket. 

 In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story that includes a lie. What is the lie? It can be subtle or blatant. Who tells the lie and why? Is it an unreliable narrator? Go where the prompt leads!

Anxiety Rehab

Getting a life is easy but to live it, has its own challenges.

Even though man is surrounded by family and friends, he ought to tread upon the path of sorrows and joys by himself. Thus, to be anxious or to doubt oneself during that journey is reasonable.

How can man troop along with confidence and not doubt oneself during his journey?

No Expectations are the key!

When we tend to set a goal in our life, that is the trigger of disappointments especially when we face failures.

Unfortunately, we all sit on a weighing scale where most of us outweigh sorrows than the joys. Dejection tends to afflict man and disappoint him to walk further since the anxiety sets.

Can't blame him since he lives in a competitive world thus, missing out on deadlines can be crucial for his growth.

Unfortunately, in this rat race, we all look at money and status as a growth and hardly pay attention to our conscious growth. Thus, even if a man has reached a peak in his life, he would be inflicted with woes and agony since his personal growth was neglected.

When we leave this planet, it is the state of mind that our soul could collect upon, matters!

Thus, when in self doubt next time. Look at the big picture of where you stand on an emotional level and then analyze if it is worth taking upon the anxiety.

Mantra for today: Have a vision beyond your sorrows and joys, and you will understand the importance of being anxious.