Worry: Worrying does not take away tomorrow’s trouble – it takes away today’s peace. A friend of mine sent that to me the other day.
I found this saying to be pretty powerful.
I was raised by a mom who believes worrying is part of her traits as a majority of her family had that tendency.
Worrying is a choice – you can choose to worry about things or you can choose to let it go.
We tend to worry about things we do not have the power to change. Example: someone else’s choices
When we have absolutely no control over a situation or circumstance, that is when we tend to worry the most but that is also the time where we need to recognize that nothing we do or say is going to change it.
We have to do our best to let it go.
If it is in your control, make a decision to make peace with whatever is creating the worry – the root cause of it and let it go. Allowing things to go around in your head with no solution affects you and others around you. Look at the pros and cons of things and make some choices and decisions – it is not always easy as sometimes the choices we have to choose from are not great options and you can only make the best decision at the time with the knowledge that you have when making the decision – worrying about things only prolongs and complicates the process and hurts you.
Worry causes a lot of wear and tear on a person – emotionally, mentally, spiritually, physically, etc. – it adds a lot of stress to our lives.
I watched the toll it took on my mom through the years and came up with this little analogy.
Worry is like sitting in a rocking chair with the expectation that you are going to drive to your destination (let’s just say a two-hour drive for example) in the appropriate amount of time. However, if you are sitting in a rocking chair vs a vehicle you are not going anywhere fast – or really anywhere at all! You will not get to your destination at all and you will just sit there and stew in it – it’s a vicious cycle.
Worrying does not serve you – it keeps you stuck where you are at with no forward motion at all. Like sitting in a rocking chair – staying in one place – not going anywhere.
When you worry, you lose your peace and instead live in a state of uneasiness – who would want to do that to themselves.
Worrying has adverse effects on our body and mind, if we let it go on for any length of time. See below link.
https://www.webmd.com/balance/guide/how-worrying-affects-your-body
Questions to Ponder:
What causes you to worry?
Can you make peace with it?
Is it something you can control or is it beyond your control?
If it is beyond your control, you need to let that go and make peace with it on some level to create a calmer environment for yourself.
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