Anxiety/tension--all Bad?

NO, SERENITY doesn't mean a lack of any stress or tension. It means, instead, the inner security that enables us to bear these stresses and to use them as occasions for growth. I need not fear or shun anxiety, because there is a certainty at the very core of my being, a certainty that remains unshaken by passing disturbances, If I genuinely turn my will and my life over to the care of God, as I understand Him, I need have no fear of the tensions that are essential to my growth. I can meet anxiety with peace as long as there is a quiet place in my soul where I know that I am a child of God and a worthwhile human being.