"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's
already tomorrow in Australia."
~Charles Schultz
Good
morning!
Thanks Rosemary for this cute quote by "Snoopy Creator,"
Charles Schultz! As you wrote in your email to me, with challengers all
over the world now, this is especially relevant. All we have to do is
look across the ocean and someone is already in tomorrow! For me, this quote brings home
two important points. (1) How quickly a day goes by and (2) How
unhelpful it is to spend our time worrying.
Worrying doesn't "feel good." It makes us anxious and
stress-filled. So why do we do it in the first place? Worrying, like
many negative emotions is a defense mechanism. We worry to protect
ourselves from "what might happen." We worry in order to avoid taking
"the next step."
However, like many defense mechanisms, "worry" doesn't
protect us, instead it creates a wall that blocks off possibility.
Worry invites us to be immobile, to "stay still," to wait "for a better
time." However,
life isn't lived behind a wall. Life is lived out in the wide-open when
we take chances and chase down dreams. When we use worry as a wall in
our world, we not only block out our fear of "what might happen," but
we also block out the good.
I have shared before the statistic that 98% of what we
worry about never happens. Yet when we spend our time worrying, we also
ensure that 98% of what we want out of life won't happen.
Your turn:
Where have you been using "worry" to hide from
life? Today, take a step toward knocking down that wall and seeing how
beautiful it is on the other side.
Your affirmation:
I climb over worry and into joy.
