I Won’t Back Down

I’ve been feeling anxious again lately; lots of things on my mind. None of them individually are enough to cause anxiety, but all together, I’m feeling anxious and I’ve felt how I used to feel. And I don’t want to feel that way. This sucks. I know I’ll be okay and I’ll get through this, but I want to skip to the part where I’m already through it.

On my walk just now, I heard this song (“I Won’t Back Down” by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers), which is very fitting for me right now. The whole thing is one big affirmation, and the parts I’ve bolded are kind of “mini-affirmations:”

Well I wont back down, no I won’t back down
You can stand me up at the gates of hell
But I wont back down

Gonna stand my ground, won’t be turned around
And I’ll keep this world from dragging me down
Gonna stand my ground and I won’t back down

Hey baby, there aint no easy way out
Hey I will stand my ground
And I won’t back down.

Well I know what’s right, I’ve got just one life
In a world that keeps on pushin me around
But I’ll stand my ground and I wont back down

Hey baby there ain’t no easy way out
Hey I will stand my ground
And I won’t back down
No, I won’t back down

Writing makes me feel better. I really should post more often, especially when I’m feeling like I have been.