I have a tendency to worry. I inherited it from my Mother. If you follow my posts, you’ll know Mom and I are close. I got my love of learning and connecting with people from her.
She’s been struggling lately with health and and bit of memory loss. So I called her this morning.
She takes a full minute to respond on the phone. I wait. She answers depleted.
I say “Hi little Mother, how are you?”
“Not good,” she says. “I’ve done something bad, I can’t remember what it is.”
“Awe,” I say. “Do you need some help worrying?”
“Yes,” she says quietly, sounding deflated.
So we worry. We start with worrying about the world (it’s in a terrible state, you know!). Then we worry about her children. Something is surely wrong with at least one of the nine. Then we worry about her grand kids and great grand kids (They have lots going on, so surely there are problems happening everywhere).
Then we worry that it’s breakfast time and her porridge might get cold. She laughs. Then she starts to giggle uncontrollably. I giggle along with her. And suddenly all my worry is gone too. My worry about my business, or my kids or most importantly my worry about my Mom.
I learned this technique from my brother Ed. Worry is a huge time and energy consumer. And the more you resist it the worse it gets.
So your mission today, should you choose to accept it, is to phone someone you love and worry your little heart out about anything you can think about, until the worry is gone. Then get in action on your dreams.
It’s really that simple.
Now I want to call my Mum so I can worry with her
Love this post
Thanks for the article. I hope your mother starts feeling better. I agree with you on accepting where we are and making peace with it. However, I feel that worry is wasted energy and never serves our best interest. If we can spend the time we use to worry,on the things that we are thankful for and the things we appreciate we will soon find out that the things we were worried about takes care of themselves. Whatever we give our energy to we get more of. So why not only focus On the things we love! Great article!
I never really thought to share my worries with others as a way to overcome them. That’s a valuable coping strategy, thanks!
words are deceptive. I s it a worry that a killer thinks about ending his quarry, a producer about selling his waste at a price, ……
TODAY
Speak softer
View the world kinder
Pause for beauty longer
Breathe the air deeper
Help a fellow traveler
Seek a chance to matter
Create something new
Improve the world
The present becomes
Yesterday tomorrow
Make a vibrant memory
And hold it close today
~kl
Very useful post. thanks to share
Does the worry really ever go away, if you continue to give it energy?
We are powerful manifesters and will attract the things we most think or speak about.
I hope that the process you and mom go thru shifts the worry into a positive outcome.
Sending love and healing energy to mom and you.
Blessings
Thanks for sharing the post. Really appreciated.
Great story! no need to worry
Sometimes just talking about what is weighing me down helps relieve that feeling. Thanks for this post.
I share my worries with God. I have great peace in knowing that he is with me.
I have always been on the stoic side of things. If there’s absolutely nothing I can do to change something I just don’t let it worry me.
Thank you for allowing me the opportunity tp discover you blog. I think you have a new follower.
Chet
Wonderful words, I do so need to call my mother. Thank you.
Sharing worries with others seems to be the way to go. Great way to ease the anxiety.
Excellent article. Worrying will consume you faster than any other obsessive tendency.
Worrying can cause great illness and is an unecessary waste of time. Unfortunetly , we allow our fight or flight primitive mind take over and blur our vision. Thanks for sharing your post