Resting in Anxiety

The title should really be called "resting". In anticipation of my first day back to work after a long week of rest, I thought I would retire early last night, later to discover that this had a very good affect on my concentration and focus at work. Sleep is sometimes the key to mindfulness, because sleep helps conserve energy and maintain focus throughout the day.
  When I talk about resting in anxiety, I am proposing that anxiety is a part of life. It's part of life because people are always existing in some kind of tension or imbalance. If I didn't feel that sleeping in late was somewhat imbalanced, I might not even bother to get out of bed. But of course, I do get out of bed, because there is always a sense of something that needs balancing. The other value of anxiety is that it reminds people that there are always several factors to keep an eye on when performing something effectively. Anxiety is that sense of being awakened to many possibilities and having that imperative to try the delicate balancing act between competing claims (such as quality vs. quantity, depth vs. breath, diversity vs. singularity etc.). There is no harm in this idea or attitude, as long as a person understands that role of anxiety without letting it get out of control.
   I think that the times when I rest in anxiety are the times I accept it for what it is, and find that there is no need to try to stifle it or escape to do something else. This is not a popular idea, because people are often told the opposite, which is that anxiety is something pathological or to be soothed. There are certainly times when anxiety becomes so frantic that one cannot think clearly, but other kinds of anxiety can simply be observed. So I think one of the first steps in terms of doing this is to acknowledge that our lives are a tension of opposites, and we are always on a balancing act.