Clyde Lee Dennis here, and today in our seven good minutes extra segment.

I want to dive deeper into that quote about anxious thoughts being like clouds passing through the sky of your mind.

This metaphor is incredibly powerful because it reminds us of our true nature.

You are not the anxious thoughts, you are the sky through which they pass.

The sky remains vast and unchanging,

whether it's filled with storm clouds or clear blue.

Similarly, your essential self remains whole and peaceful

regardless of what thoughts are moving through your awareness.

When we identify too closely with our anxious thoughts,

we become like someone who thinks they are the weather instead of

the sky. We feel tossed around by every mental storm, believing that the temporary clouds

define our entire reality. But when we remember that we are the sky, we can watch even the

most intense anxiety with a sense of spaciousness and calm. This doesn't mean we ignore our anxious thoughts or

pretend they don't matter. Just as a meteorologist observes weather patterns to understand what's happening,

we can observe our thought patterns with curiosity rather than judgment. We can notice,

oh, there's that familiar worry about the future, or here comes that anxious story about not

being good enough, without getting caught up in the drama of the storm.

The beautiful thing about this perspective is that it gives you back your power.

When you know you are the sky, you stop trying to control every cloud.

You stop exhausting yourself trying to make the weather perfect.

Instead, you rest in the knowledge that all weather is temporary,

and your essential nature remains untouched by the passing storms.

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