Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand, thus, but use all gently. For in the very torrent, tempest, and as I may say, whirlwind of passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness.
If the only prayer you ever say in your whole life is "thank you," that would suffice.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
'Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.' Under the influence of this pestilent morality, I am forever letting tomorrow's work slop backwards into today's, and doing painfully and nervously today what I could do quickly and easily tomorrow.
Sooner or later, we've got to work at it, no matter how many other careers we've had or wanted.
Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking but a full-on metamorphosis.