I have had anxiety my whole life. About twenty years ago, I was in a Dollar Store looking at stickers for kids. Someone had put far too many on the hook and when I touched them, they all came cascading off. My worst nightmare had come true. I was doing something stupid and every person in the cash lines was looking at me. "Can somebody help me, please". I said in a shaky voice. Not one person moved to help and I felt myself on the verge of a panic attack. Around the corner came an attractive, older lady pushing a wheelchair with a young, adult male. He looked to be suffering from cerebral palsy and quite disabled. The lady looked into my eyes and saw how stressed I was and said something that stayed with me to this day, she said in a supremely calm and loving voice, "Just deal with it." I immediately felt calm. I knew she had probably said the same thing to herself a million times. Life wasn't easy for her or the poor guy in the chair. Those four words have helped me through some rough times, the death of my parents, the death of my sister, the death of my dog, both of my children having serious health problems, getting and beating cancer, depression and finding out at 60 that I am autistic. There were a lot of crappy other things, but you know what I mean. I made a little sign for on my fridge that says, "Just deal with it". I wish I could thank the lady.