What is the song, "Don't worry be happy?" Were it so easy we would all be better off. Worry is instilled in us from a very early age. We worry about money, jobs, love, friends or whatever else might come up. Worry is like a light that we shine on different things but the worry is the same. The financial downturn, rising prices, the demands of daily life give rise to constant stress and worry. It appears out of thin air like an odorless, tasteless gas, invading our thoughts.
Where does worry come from? It originates with our parents. If they worried all the time then they couldn't teach us how to understand life better or how to cope with the difficulties that it presents. Worry can also be cultural.
Worry is magical thinking. We believe that it does something to us that helps us. Like our worry makes us more vigilant or if we worry hard enough it will keep our loved ones safe and the plane they are flying in won't fall from the sky. Worry is a useless waste of good energy and provides nothing except more worry.
The only thing there is to do is to focus on what makes our lives work better which takes concentration on events occurring right in front of us that we can actually do something about. To rid ourselves of worry is near impossible. If it is going to occur we must develop an objective view of the universe rather than everything revolving around us. Worry is essentially fear. To not be fearful requires that we take action either by learning something, doing something or becoming a better person.
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