Overcoming fear and anxiety fear came the day I woke up and realized my life no longer felt familiar. Everything I thought I knew—about myself, my purpose, and the Divine—had been shattered. Life had hammered me with experiences that left me fearful, jaded, and disconnected. In my fear, I tried to create a reality I could control. But no amount of hiding or running kept me from facing the truth: I had to confront my pain and rebuild myself from the ground up.

Every slight obstacle, one after the other, has come knocking on my door. Yet with each one, I’ve noticed something remarkable—I didn’t get angry. I didn’t panic. I approached them with calm, rationality, and objectivity. And with that realization, I thought, "Wow, I am no longer the same person I used to be."

I remember the day I truly woke up. It was as if I had been asleep for centuries, and suddenly, I took my first breath of consciousness.

I stopped searching for peace and instead began creating it for myself. I developed spiritual practices that grounded me and kept me connected to that inner sanctuary of calm. I made conscious choices to surround myself with positivity and to avoid environments and people that disrupted my peace.