Once upon a time, there was a princess whose anxiety was threatening to take her over

so she tiptoed from her dark cocoon on the sofa to her laptop and wrote down all that she was afraid of. It was a long list and once written she read it over and wrote beside each why it was irrational and what, if any, action or solution she could take. 

The next day the sun was shining so she decided to be brave and go out into the world to try and feel better. She pictured her day being spent lazing at the beach letting the sun kiss her soul better. 

But before she could get to the beach her car got stuck in the sand. 

One of her fears had come true, she was alone in a land where she did not speak the language and they did not speak hers. Dread filled her as she got to her hands and knees and dug like a dog, trying to free her car. No amount of digging helped. She was about to lay down and die when a couple came to her rescue. They tried to be a solution by pushing the car but no human was strong enough. 

When the moment hit that for once she could not be her own solution to a problem she grabbed her coffee and sat sad face and defeated on the sandbank she had created.

The couple would not allow this to be the end of her. They went in search of a knight on shining armour and found one. A local farmer with a tractor came and wrenched the car to safety and at the same time saved the princess from deep despair. 

Her day had not gone to plan; it was not a day filled with the sun kissing her soul better. Instead it was a more challenging day but one that reminded her that she is never alone in this life. Never ever ever. And once again she has grown closer to living with this as a reality she won't forget when times are hard and her inner world feels dark.