All
Shall Be Well
“When I
look back on these worries, I remember the story of an old man who
said on his deathbed that he had a lot of worries in his life, most
of which had never happened.”
Winston
Churchill
Worry is one of the
single greatest energy sumps that humans face. And like Churchill's
story, most of what we worry about never comes to pass. I call it
“preemptive worrying.” We get out ahead of events
by processing all the “what-if” scenarios—all the terrible
things that could happen under certain circumstances. Most of us do
not get creative or innovative solutions from our worry; we just get
tight neck muscles, shoulder pain, and sometimes exhaustion and
depression from the excessive energy required to fuel these mental
gymnastics.
Worry is non-productive.
According to Drake: “Sometimes we just have to stop worrying,
wondering, and doubting. Have faith that things will work out, maybe
not how you planned, but just how they're meant to be.” Since
we can't produce anything by gnawing on our doubts and concerns, why
not turn them over to our higher power, to the conscious universe,
and enter into the mystery of seeing what will happen if we don't
worry about it. It could be good. Actually, it could be better than we
might have imagined. At any rate, it will be what it will be, with or
without our losing sleep and health by stressing and worrying. The
contemplative, mystical theologian, Julian of Norwich, in her book of
meditations, Revelations of Divine Love, famously said,
“...and all shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner
of things shall be well.”
The path of worry is a
circular one going nowhere. Engage life with trust and allow it to
open on its own terms, and it will take you on adventures you may
never have imagined. Wherever it takes you is where you are meant to
be.
In the Spirit,
Jane
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