A Therapeutic Moment

I have been given an assignment. Every time I start to feel anxious, I'm supposed to count red cars. If I am not in view of a street (like inside my house), I'm supposed to open up a magazine and see if there are any red cars in there. 

It's called thought stopping. Interesting? I think so.  

It reminds me of the episode of Oprah I saw where the expert was explaining that FEAR stands for "Fearing Events that Aren't Real." Then she asked a question that stuck with me, "How much of your life have you spent fearing things that haven't happened?"

If, like me, your answer is "too much," then perhaps you'd like to count cars with me. Sure, it's hokey, but who knows? It could work.