Worry is a Waste of Time and Energy
Thursday January 4, 2007
Affirmative Project: Day 4
My son (my middle child) is recuperating from recent surgery resulting from a work-related shoulder injury. He is thirty years old and lives hundreds of miles away. I was talking to him on the telephone this afternoon inquirying how he is feeling and how his physical therapy is coming along. As you can imagine I have a mother's natural concern for my child's well being. Before ending the conversation he told me not too worry, assuring me that he was doing okay. I told him I wasn't worried. Then, he said "Well I know you do, because you always worry." I told him that I don't really worry, at least not the way his granny (my mother) worries about everything. He agreed, but insisted that I worry too, saying "That's what our family does." Not today I told him... I'm remaining positive!
After the conversation ended I didn't give "worry" any more thought until just now when I sat down at my computer to post. My thoughts took a backward glance, reviewing my day's activities checking to see if anything would be applicable to my Affirmative Project for posting.
Worry seems like a good topic to discuss. Worry has no real value, it truly is a waste of time and energy. Someone told me once that worry was "displaced creativity." It's much more productive channeling energy into creative endeavors than being worrisome.
If I apply the Law of Attraction, being in a state of worry really means that I'm in a place of fear, and being in fear feeds it, expanding it. I'm going to do my very best not to worry, stew about problems, or fear a negative outcome. There really is no purpose for worry, I wonder why we do it? Could my son be right, does worry run in families? If so, it is time to break the pattern. I'm often telling people to trust the universe more and not to fret about circumstances. Maybe I should listen more to my own advice. But, really, I'm not worried!!
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What is the Affirmative Project?
Daily journal postings beginning January 1 focusing on my New Year's resolution "I resolve to live in a more affirmative light in the coming year."
Affirmative Project Daily Posts
My son (my middle child) is recuperating from recent surgery resulting from a work-related shoulder injury. He is thirty years old and lives hundreds of miles away. I was talking to him on the telephone this afternoon inquirying how he is feeling and how his physical therapy is coming along. As you can imagine I have a mother's natural concern for my child's well being. Before ending the conversation he told me not too worry, assuring me that he was doing okay. I told him I wasn't worried. Then, he said "Well I know you do, because you always worry." I told him that I don't really worry, at least not the way his granny (my mother) worries about everything. He agreed, but insisted that I worry too, saying "That's what our family does." Not today I told him... I'm remaining positive!
After the conversation ended I didn't give "worry" any more thought until just now when I sat down at my computer to post. My thoughts took a backward glance, reviewing my day's activities checking to see if anything would be applicable to my Affirmative Project for posting.
Worry seems like a good topic to discuss. Worry has no real value, it truly is a waste of time and energy. Someone told me once that worry was "displaced creativity." It's much more productive channeling energy into creative endeavors than being worrisome.
If I apply the Law of Attraction, being in a state of worry really means that I'm in a place of fear, and being in fear feeds it, expanding it. I'm going to do my very best not to worry, stew about problems, or fear a negative outcome. There really is no purpose for worry, I wonder why we do it? Could my son be right, does worry run in families? If so, it is time to break the pattern. I'm often telling people to trust the universe more and not to fret about circumstances. Maybe I should listen more to my own advice. But, really, I'm not worried!!
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What is the Affirmative Project?
Daily journal postings beginning January 1 focusing on my New Year's resolution "I resolve to live in a more affirmative light in the coming year."
Affirmative Project Daily Posts
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