One of my favorite quotes is by Fritz Perls, founder of Gestalt Therapy: “Fear is excitement without breath,” which simply means that the experience of fear and the experience of excitement are almost exactly the same. The only thing that separates them is mindfulness around the experiences. When we are excited and forget to breathe deep into the experience our excitement can turn into fear. Likewise, when we are scared about something, if we can be present with our feelings and breathe into the experience, our fear can turn into excitement.
Where in your life are you forgetting to breathe?
