Swamplands of the soul

If we move forward, as our soul insists, we may be flooded with anxiety. If we do not move forward, we will suffer the depression, the pressing down of the soul’s purpose. In such a difficult choice one must choose anxiety, for anxiety is at least the path of personal growth; depression is a stagnation and defeat of life.”
― James Hollis, Swamplands of the Soul: New Life in Dismal Places

Stagnation
Realisation/growth
Anxiety