Worrying Does NOT Take Away Tomorrow's Troubles [BUT It Does Take Away Today's PEACE]

 

WORRYING does NOT take away tomorrow's potential problems.  NOT to say that WORRYING is wrong BUT the truth is, it is inimical to our health at the very least.  True, WORRIES we all have them.  In fact, we all deal with them everyday and sometimes right before we hit the sack and even right after we wake up come next morning.  Do we worry about WHAT will happen to us in the future?  These things rob us of our today's PEACE and joy, and we end up losing that singular opportunity to be living in the present.  To put it short and sweet, WORRIES need to either be forgotten OR addressed as needed to put on a plan OR a list.  You might retort:  DO WE REALLY NEED TO PLAN for WORRIES???

In the simplest terms possible, if we WORRY about WHAT we need to get at the grocery store, the simplest approach is to put together a list.  IF we are WORRIED about something that needs to be done around the house, the thing to do is to put on a calendar as WHAT needs to get done OR better create 'reminders' to do the work and forget it for the time being.  Those reminders could be post-it-notes OR even your smartphone notepad OR even enabling the alarm clock if that is warranted.  If it's a complex planning, then clearly write a plan OR list of actions OR steps as that is very key to transition your WORRIES into the plan so you can then move on your life IN THE PRESENT💚💛💜

That is a perennial dilemma for many of us [and I was guilty of that zillions of times before].  BUT the harder part always lies ahead.  That of LETTING go and FINDING PEACE.  I admit that is one of the most difficult things that we can do OR even learn to do.  I've known many people WHO did heed the first step of writing down and coming up with a TO DO-LIST.  BUT after that step, many people do get stuck [as if they do NOT trust themselves] so the very root of the WORRY ISN'T that they have a plan.  The very common root cause of the WORRYING piece is one's lack of trust in their own ability to execute the plan or TO DO-LIST that they drafted [in that first step]💧💧💧

Truth of the matter is that finding time to find PEACE is damn hard in today's world as we tend to surround our own selves with so many things to do, people to talk to, places to go and the worst culprit of all, the incessant 'hostaging' of our own selves by social media.  In the end, we tend to miss the opportunity to be truly spending time to be with our own self, meditate and let time pass.  How many times I heard people complain that their work is stressful.  Next thing I heard, they went to the gym, they went to yoga classes.  BUT I commiserate with them because WHEN I did reconnect with them again, hoping to hear something positive, they admitted they were still worrying of tomorrow's trouble, whew💥💥💥

Our takeaway: I witnessed the sincere intentions of people to clear up their minds and LIVE THE PRESENT by worrying less of tomorrow's troubles BUT pitifully, come next day, come next week, they remain embroiled in that chronic and vicious cycle.  So WHAT's the possible FIX?  Gather all the courage and determination to get over the hump because no one else but yourself can extricate yourself from that chronic and vicious cycle.  And let us agree that WORRYING DOES NOT TAKE AWAY TOMORROW'S TROUBLES [BUT alas, it can TAKE AWAY TODAY's PEACE]❗❗❗