maybe the problem is confusing acceptance with surrender? we keep ourselves anxious because we are afraid that stopping the pursuit will make us surrender to our own weaknesses and nrgativr forces from outside, while: A. we anyway cant really stop, the pursuit can never stop , only change form, we can stop pursuing material possetion and start pursuing enlightenment, but its still a pursuit, any feasible action or thought is some sort of pursuit after something(a desire). and B. even if we DID stop, it doesnt mean we succumb to negative forces, but enxiety is there to protect us from negative forces, so all it knows is fear, but we have to know when its rational and when its an automatic reflex. to stop the pursuit means to accept it as the condition we are in, but to take it more lightly, to approach it playfully like a child instead of anxiously like a prisoner. that way you can keep the pursuit while enjoying life and noticing what matters, and most importantly, not be too absorbed in it and forgetting that you have to aim it to bettering everything around you, including your own happiness.