Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World by Max Lucado

Max Lucado is one of the most well-respected authors that I know of, especially when it comes to faith and life. I have always enjoyed his perspectives and Bible-based teachings. This book was no different. While compact and concise, I had some great thoughts throughout the book and it definitely emphasized many of the things that I practice or already agree with.

The first thing that I noted was the anxiety levels that were shared. I found this fascinating and incredibly frightening at the same time. The anxiety levels displayed by the average child today are the same as your typical psychiatric patient in the 1950s??? Now this is not incredibly surprising to me but it most certainly is not positive. There is so much hustle and bustle in this current society that it seems people are not so good at simply finding contentment and creating peace for themselves.

Robert Lee noted after a study involving over 200,000 incoming freshman, the average child today exhibits the same levels of anxiety as the average psychiatric patient in the 1950s.

Love this truth. Just another reason why levels of freedom are so important and valuable. In a previous book, I noted how children will become more “free” during recess when there is a fence around the schoolyard. While the fighter pilots were…