"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.
And as always,
don't forget to
start your day with a heartfelt: "Something great is
going to
happen today... I can't wait to see what it is!"
And when ending
your day ask yourself: "What is one more thing I can do
to
make today matter?
