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Short and Sweet:Tips for living the abundant life |
‘The World’s Greatest Time Waster…’
Dean Inge once said that worry is interest paid on trouble before it is due. Another person said that "worry, like a rocking chair, will give you something to do, but it won’t get you there." In Canada today, there are all kinds of things to worry about if we let ourselves: the constitution, the economy, the AIDS crisis, the epidemic of broken marriages. But the truth is that worry is completely worthless, Worry drains away our energy for living, and makes us far less efficient and productive. Research shows that 95% of the things we worry about never actually happen. From a cost/benefit analysis, worrying is not worth the bother. That is why the most famous person on earth said, "Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?"Many of you reading this article will be thinking: "Yes, I agree that
worry is a waste of energy, but how can I stop worrying?" One helpful solution
is to view worry as an addiction, just like an addiction to alcohol or
drugs. Addictions are broken, by admitting our powerlessness over
our addiction (worry) and turning to a power higher than ourselves. Jesus
said that the solution to worry is to "seek first the Kingdom of God and
his righteousness . . ." We worry most about things over which we have
the least control. We feel most secure and in control when we think that
we have our life figured out. Yet often our very desire to be in control
causes us to alienate the ones we care for most, whether at home or at
work. When we feel in control, others tend to feel controlled by us, and
will often distance themselves from us. As we give over our need for control
to our Higher Power, then we stop pushing others away from us.
Why is it that worry seem to be so hard to give up? Click
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