Loosen the Knot of Anxiety
Loosen this knot that binds me; strip away the anxiety pressing me down. As a river overflows its bank, let what weighs on my mind flow past and away.
Am I binding myself by clutching, into this very moment, what has already passed and what has not yet come?
📝Reflection
That a person three thousand years ago, crushed by worry, also sang 'loosen this knot' is strangely comforting. Anxiety is humanity's old affliction. The poet likened worry to a 'knot' — and usually the one who tied it is none other than myself. Chewing on the past and pre-suffering what has not come, I tighten the rope with my own hands. The line 'let it flow past as a river overflows its bank' gives the answer: do not grip, let it flow. Anxiety tightens the more you hold it, and loosens the more you let it pass.
🌱Apply It Today
Write one tightening worry on paper, and if it is 'something I cannot control right now,' fold it and put it in a drawer.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
