FEAR:

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Your swimming, all you need to do is breathe, relax, and go with the flow.

Suddenly, you become conscious of your situation. Frightened,
overwhelmed with "what ifs?" your body tenses. You begin to thrash
around, frantically looking for something to grab on to.

You panic so hard you start to go under. Then you remember – you're
working too hard at this. You don't need to panic. All you need to do is
breathe, relax, and go with the flow. You won't drown.

Panic is our great enemy.

If overwhelming problems appear in our life, we need to stop struggling.
We can tread water for a bit, until our equilibrium returns. Then we can
go back to floating peacefully down the gentle stream. It is our stream.
It is a safe stream.