PUTTING WORRY TO BED

Wouldn't be nice to end worrying forever? I spent fifty years cautioning people not to worry and I know I helped many. We don't have to think hard to know the futility of worry. It changes nothing but our own consciousness and robs us of our happiness, at least, for the time we are worrying. All through the centuries the Great Ones have taught us we don't need to worry and our minds are under our control. I believe it, don't you?

I am writing about this subject because I have had many invitations to worry lately and I have succumbed to the invitation. I don't like it. I wonder if you folks have gone through a worrying phase.

The persistent cold {we are in a three day warming period} adds to the sense of vulnerability. Pipes freezing, cars not starting, welfare of the farm animals, especially newborns etc. I have six children, generally I don't worry about their welfare when they're not living with me. But when they are..............

Let us call a halt to worrying for once and for all. We can, when you find ourselves worrying, we can ask ourselves, "Have I done everything I am capable or willing to do in this situation?" If there is something it makes sense to do, do it and then let it go.

Many of us have hidden, or not so hidden, superstitions that what we worry about won't happen. Or, we have the idea that it is responsible to worry; we wouldn't be good parents, spouses, friends etc. if we didn't worry. We need to be honest with ourselves and shine the light into our minds and rid ourselves of such notions. Usually when we uncover some strange idea, like these, and look at them they lose their power.

We are being urged to give up the past, avoid concern for the future and live in the present moment. We are told Love, Joy and Peace are in the present moment. We can't experience this for long if we believe it is proper and functional to worry.

It is interesting, our culture has taught us that worrying is good. It is only when we seek enlightenment that we learn that for thousands of years the wise ones told us it was a worthless exercise. Did you ever stop and think how many billions of dollars are made from promoting worry? Insurance? One could easily write a book on the profitability of worry. Huh, I wonder why our culture promotes worry.

I want to be Happy. Don't you? We have the mental discipline to give up worry. Let's do it. We have the World Of Love to create. Let us not waste our time on what we know is foolishness. Let today be the day that we begin to catch ourselves at the first signs of worry and knock the spectre on the head.

Love and Peace,  Gregg