The three heroes of the story, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion, each got a gift from the Wizard to help them overcome their hardships. But these gifts were only false gifts because it was their own minds that caused the suffering. They always had the means to overcome, they just did not know it, until someone pointed it out to them. This is what training can do for you. With the right guidance you to can find yourself, and in so doing banish your anxiety.
Life takes on a different flavor, a different direction.
So you learn to let go and live a different kind of life, one that is filled with new meaning. One that finally makes sense. One that offers new and exciting horizons, in this life and in the next. There are many paths to the top the of mountain, no single path is the only path. The Shao-lin path is a way among many ways.