Seems to me that the idea of replacing anxiety and fear with curiosity is a worthwhile idea…but one that can minimize the difficulty of that. I mean, it’s one thing to say it, but a whole other task to pull it off. But I have watched clients be able to experiment, to “play around the edges” of trying on curiosity instead of fear in unknown situations. Often they are “underwhelmed” with how “not a big deal” things are, how much more enjoyable new experiences are, and how most or all of what they feared didn’t happen, and, if it did, it wasn’t the horrible tragedy they imagined it would be. Now…if the rest of us could just take that to heart. 🙂
So…I don’t know that it’s as easy as “just doing it”, like a major shoe company would have us believe…but I’m gonna give it “a go” this week, and see what it might look like…as fall is approaching and all sorts of new things are happening that I can face with curiosity or fears…I will (work to) choose curiosity!
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