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"The best way to predict your future is to
create it."
~Peter Drucker
Good
morning!
Worrying
has definitely reached epidemic proportions. As technology offers
access to more and more information, it also brings more and more
things to worry about! Sometimes we worry about some thing we have
influence over-- but most often than not we worry about things well
beyond our control.
While we may not like the way worry feels, it has become a "safety net"
for many. Let's say that one of your dreams is to take up hiking. Well,
push a few keys on an internet search and you can find quickly find 100
reasons never to hike. You can find 100+ justifiable reasons to make it
excusable to "save that goal for a rainy day." What if you slip and you
get this newly discovered ankle problem discovered by a researcher on
the other side of the world? What if you forget a whistle and you are
attacked by a bear? (Maybe there aren't any bears in your area-- but
what if, like one website shows, bears are moving and one moves to your
neck of the woods?)
When we worry, we come up with very creative (and often crazy)
scenarios to feed our worry. Studies have shown that 98% of what we
worry about never happens. Worry allows us a justifiable way to avoid
taking a risk. If we don't take a chance, we can't fall or fail.
My challenge to you is to put "worry" in its place. While it may not be
easy to "give up worrying completely"-- at least balance it out. Think
of a scale and place all the worry on one side of the scale. Now, on
the other side, place positive reasons that combat worry. In our hiking
example, while I won't be eaten by a bear if I stay home, I also never
would have stood above the clouds like I did one day on Mt. St. Helens.
While I wouldn't have risked being confronted by that
"possible bear fear," I also wouldn't have seen one of the most
breathtaking scenes of my life. Here is one more interesting way to
think about this - and I'll use the bear example again. If I allow
myself enough time and take some water, it is almost certain that I
will make it "above the clouds" at Mt. St. Helens. What do you think
the odds are that I will be attacked by a bear? Our worry is
almost always something with very low probability - yet we let is rob
us of the almost-certain joy we could otherwise have.
Your turn: What is something
you have been worrying about? Put it on a scale and then balance it out
with positive thoughts and benefits. Don't let worry steer your life --
because odds are you won't go anywhere. Which brings us back to today's
quote. You control the creation of your future. Don't let worry be your
primary building tool.
Your affirmation: I do not let
worry block the path of beauty and growth.
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?
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