--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Perhaps this very evening, if it rises in…" description: "\"“Perhaps this very evening, if it rises in my heart; perhaps never. It’s a fear that sometimes I can’t abide to think about, and sometimes I don’t like..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7af/elizabeth-gaskell-894_fear_perhaps-this-very-evening-if-it-rises-in_365638.jpg" --- # Perhaps this very evening, if it rises in my heart… ![“Perhaps this very evening, if it rises in my heart; perhaps never. It’s a fear that sometimes I can’t abide to think about, and sometimes I don’t like to think on anything else. Well, I was fretting about this fear, and Alice comes in for something, and finds me crying. I would not tell her no…” quote by Elizabeth Gaskell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7af/elizabeth-gaskell-894_fear_perhaps-this-very-evening-if-it-rises-in_365638.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7af/elizabeth-gaskell-894_fear_perhaps-this-very-evening-if-it-rises-in_365638.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7af/elizabeth-gaskell-894_fear_perhaps-this-very-evening-if-it-rises-in_365638.jpg) > ““Perhaps this very evening, if it rises in my heart; perhaps never. It’s a fear that sometimes I can’t abide to think about, and sometimes I don’t like to think on anything else. Well, I was fretting about this fear, and Alice comes in for something, and finds me crying. I would not tell her no more than I would you, Mary; so she says, ‘Well, dear, you must mind this, when you’re going to fret and be low about anything — An anxious mind is never a holy mind.’ O Mary, I have so often checked my grumbling sin’\* she said that.”  \*Sin”” [Elizabeth Gaskell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gaskell/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. An anxious mind cannot be holy; fear and worry hinder spiritual peace. **In simple terms:** Worry blocks spiritual calm. Key Takeaway Practice mindfulness to calm anxiety. 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