WORRY
By Meryl Beck

It is so easy in today’s world to get caught up in worries. Just open the newspaper or turn on the news. Of course, we all have personal worries, about ourselves or family members (health, financial, personal issues and more). I can tell myself "worrying doesn’t change anything" but the words alone usually don’t help. However, picturing the grinning 13-year-old face of Mad Magazine’s Alfred E. Neuman, "What? Me worry?" Kid, sometimes does help lighten up my mood.

Other things that help me move out worry include: Energy Psychology techniques; I can tap, tap, tap it away! Self-empathy; Acknowledging how I feel and talking to myself in the third person, "this is really hard for you to go through right now, isn’t it?" etc. Breathing; Placing my tongue behind my top front teeth and just focusing on the breath without changing it. Journaling; I am continually surprised how writing about something helps me feel better. Talking to others; Finding an empathic ear so I don’t feel alone with my feelings. Prayer; Whatever it is I am worrying about I can turn into a prayer. Meditation; Sometimes this helps me to get a sense of the big picture and understand my lesson around the particular worry. Writing a Light Language grid or emanating symbols; As a Light Language teacher I use this method a lot to help hold the energy for whatever it is I am wanting to change or manifest. And, if all else fails, I use distraction to turn my mind off for awhile; get busy with work, watch a movie, vigorous exercise, an engaging book.

What do you do to help move out of that place of worry? Is there a worry you are willing to let go of today?

Sending light, love, and joy,
Meryl

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"Don't tell me that worry doesn't do any good," said the over-worked
executive. "I know better. The things I worry about never happen."

--Cited in More of...The Best of BITS & PIECES

NEEDLESS WORRY

A story worth dusting off is about a man who bragged: "I only worry about two things -- whether I am sick or well. If I'm well, I have nothing to
worry about! And if I'm sick, I've only got two things to worry about -- whether I get better or whether I die. If I get better, I have nothing to worry about! And if I die, I've only got two things to worry about - whether I go to heaven or hell. If I go to heaven, I have nothing to worry about. And if I go to hell, I'll be so busy greeting my friends I won't have time to worry! So why worry?"
Regardless of how you feel about his view of life after life, he makes a good point about worry! There is really no room for needless concern about the future. I like what Ralph Waldo Emerson said about worry:

Some of your hurts you have cured,
And the sharpest you still have survived,
But what torments of grief you endured

From evil that never arrived!Almost without our being aware, healthy concern can be transformed into cancerous worry. And though it is true that most people worry needlessly at times, many of us feel consumed with worry too much of the time. We find ourselves "enduring torments of grief" from evils that have not yet arrived and probably never will.

What needless worries can you release today?
--Steve Goodier, RICHES OF THE HEART, http://lifesupportsystem.com

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Worry is like a rocking chair -- it gives you something to do but it doesn't get you anywhere.
--Dorothy Galyean

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That the birds of worry and care fly over your head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent.
—Chinese Proverb

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Excessive worry robs us of the gift of life, because we're always fretting, "What if this happens? What if that happens?" Knowing that you will one-day die, how much of your time do you want to invest in worrying? It's not an investment that produces dividends, and your stock can only go down. By contrast, The Apostle Paul invited us to stop worrying long enough to develop close connection with our Higher Power: "And the peace of God which transcends human understanding will guard your heart and mine." We can walk through pain and not be consumed by it. We can live in a sense of God's love, no matter what.
--Mary Manin Morrissey

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Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
--Swedish proverb

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Stop all the worry. Most of what you’re worried about you will have difficulty remembering a week later.
----Leo. F. Busclaglia, Ph.D., LOVING EACH OTHER, p.161

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Someone has said that the greatest cause of ulcers is mountain-climbing over molehills.
--Maxwell Maltz

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God speaks:
The not-so-obvious truth is that most people worry themselves to death.

Worry is about the worst form of mental activity there is-next to hate, which is deeply self-destructive. Worry is pointless. It is wasted mental energy. It also creates bio-chemical reactions which harm the body, producing everything from indigestion to coronary arrest, and a multitude of things in between.

Health will improve almost at once when worrying ends.

Worry is the activity of a mind which does not understand its connection with Me.
--Neale Donald Walsch, CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD, Book 1, pp. 187-188.

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When I look back on all these worries I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which never happened.
--Winston Churchill

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Worry is rust on the blade.
--Author Unknown

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Seldom will we remember next week what bothers us so much today.
We'll have many opportunities to worry before this day ends. Some situations may even be grave. Perhaps a child gets picked up on a drunk-driving charge or a spouse loses another job because of absenteeism. It's not easy to shrug our shoulders when our loved one's troubles infringe on our lives. We'll come to understand that hugging our shoulders doesn't mean we don't care. Rather, it means we are choosing not to do for other people what they must do for themselves.

Life is a process that includes problems that can't always be easily resolved. How refreshing to learn that we don't have to resolve every conflict. We can simply let conflicts be and focus on peaceful images and think loving thoughts instead. We can be certain that we won't remember most of today's troubles tomorrow unless we want to. Because I used to worry far too much, life wasn't as fun as I'm now capable of making it. Today won't be a repeat of the old days. No matter what happens, I need
not worry.
--Karen Casey

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Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its strength.
--attributed to both A.J. Cronin and Corrie Ten Boom
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Meryl Hershey Beck, M. A., M. Ed.
Email: MBeck333@earthlink.net

www.energizedforlife.com
PO Box 86642 Tucson, AZ 85754
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