Walk your talk and live with purpose!

Ancient sages compared the human mind to a monkey: constantly chattering, hopping from branch to branch - endlessly moving from fear to safety. If you are one of the millions of people whose life is affected by anxiety, you are familiar with this process. Unfortunately, you can't switch off the "monkey mind", but you can stop feeding the monkey - or stop rewarding it by avoiding the things you fear.

ABC News anchor Dan Harris used to think that meditation was for people who collect crystals, play Ultimate Frisbee, and use the word namaste without irony. After he had a panic attack on live television, he went on a strange and circuitous journey that ultimately led him to embrace a practice he'd long considered ridiculous. Harris discovered that meditation made him more focused and less yanked around by his emotions. According to his wife, it also made him significantly less annoying.

Emotions are a huge part of who we are, and few people can understand and control them. Today, in a world full of distractions, people don't pay enough attention to them. After all, being in charge of emotions allows you to have better control of your life. This is a great achievement which is not easy to reach, but it is worth striving for. You can't change the circumstances that happen to you, but you can control the way you choose to respond to it.