7 Good Minutes 7 Good Minutes: Extra - Anxious thoughts are like clouds...
Dec 22, 2025
Discover the enlightening idea that your anxious thoughts are not your identity. Embrace the sky-and-clouds metaphor to cultivate awareness and observe your thoughts with curiosity rather than judgment. Learn how to shift from struggling with anxiety to finding spacious observation. Clyde emphasizes that accepting this perspective can restore your sense of power and lead to undisturbable peace, helping you navigate life's mental storms with ease.
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You Are The Sky, Thoughts Are Weather
- Clyde Lee Dennis reframes anxious thoughts as temporary phenomena passing through a stable awareness.
- Seeing yourself as the sky shifts you from being buffeted by thoughts to calmly observing them.
Watch Thoughts With Curious Observation
- Observe anxious thoughts with curiosity instead of trying to eliminate them.
- Practice detached observation like a meteorologist to reduce being swept up in worry.
Perspective Restores Power Over Anxiety
- Recognizing yourself as awareness restores agency over anxiety instead of fueling struggle.
- This perspective turns anxiety into an event within you rather than your defining identity.