Feeling a little terrified today-each day I get closer to this confounded test, the more tension I feel.

A little re-direction always helps....

"When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you're going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce."

-H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

This is a quote from "Life's Little Instruction Book" by the author above. There are several editions of this book, which was essentially a litany of 'pearls of wisdom' from the author to his son as he was about to leave home for college. What began as a few dozen suggestions transformed into thousands of mantras for living the most 'whole' life. I highly recommend these books, especially if you are in a challenging transitional stage in life like myself. They will offer insights and humor, and may just be the prompt for a change in the pattern of thinking, feeling or behaving that could help clear the confusion.