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Choose Not to Worry

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Mom set the tone for my theory about worrying.  Each time I had a teenage bout of mourning, she would make detailed notes of my sorrow.  A month or so later, she would drag out her notes so we could check what benefit was derived from all the hours of teenage angst.  Confronting the evidence of the time wasted on worry was grounds for a cure.

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Choose Not to Worry –  #113

Why is it that some people seem laden down with worry and others just smile right through the potential calamity? If you read the newspaper or watch television these days, you can be overcome by news of what has already gone wrong, what’s at risk of going wrong, or what has the potential to bring us harm and doom.

Meanwhile, if you look around you, chances are that very few of those cataclysmic potentials have already affected you. Your home has not been foreclosed. You have not lost your job. Your teenagers actually love you and hold their own.

So how do we balance reasonable adult concern with worrying ourselves to pieces? Ask yourself, “What is the worst that can happen?” Figure out how you would deal with that happening and then move back into the world of here and now.

Don’t fuss about trifles; keep yourself busy, go smell the roses. And if your yard has dandelions instead of roses, go out and pick some. Gather a bouquet and consider them Mother Nature’s gift to you for not worrying today.

P.S.   

 In her blog, Positivity Tree, Ella Miller posts messages of inspiration, calm and contentment.  Visit her at https://www.facebook.com/ThePositivityTree

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Filed Under: Advice, Encouragement, Inspiration/Life Lessons, Podcast Episodes Tagged With: worry

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  1. Elizabeth Herbert Cottrell says

    November 15, 2020 at

    This is such good advice, Annette, and what a wise woman your mother was to show you so concretely how futile it is to worry so much.

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