How to Move from Anxiety to Awe

Is it possible for awe to replace anxiety?

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There was a sudden noise, and without warning, a huge wave reared up and spread over the sand, eating sunbather’s towels and anything else in its way.

It wasn’t as scary as a tsunami, this is the English Channel, after all, but the vastness of this bow wave thrilled me. It was as if it swept away my worries along…