Erma Bombeck once wrote, “Worry is like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do but never gets you anywhere.” Why should anyone spend valuable time on issues that are beyond one's control? And why worry over spilled milk? You may have lost a job or lost the love of your life! It could be anything but it's time one made up their mind to move forward and start afresh. Therefore, how can one stop worrying?
In this article, I will highlight 4
ways of dealing with worry I found interesting out of the 6 ways illustrated by
Amy Morin, in an article written in Psychology Today titled” 6 Ways to Stop
Worrying About Things You Can’t Change.
Determine What You Can Control; it is mare foolishness to think you can make the sun never
go down and allow nighttime to come. Whether one likes it or not Day and Night
will never cease. Generally in life, we may not be in control of what happens
to us but we are in control of how we react to what happens to us
Focus on your influence; it is usually to wise to poke into other people’s business
in which you have no authority to change or influence anything. One may be
accused of trespassing. Let us focus on areas where we have 100% influence to
make changes
Identify your fears; everyone is afraid of something like there are many people
afraid of death. Well talking about death, it’s a well-known fact that no one
will ever get out of life alive! It’s that simple. Some have the fear of
failure. Identify your fears and accept them. Accepting your fears is the first
step to begin to do something about them in order to move forward in life.
Develop healthy affirmations; worry is usually expressed in words through negative
affirmations like “I know things will not work out like the last time”.
However, why not develop positive affirmations “ I know things will work out
for my good”, “I am blessed” “I will achieve success”, ”I am wonderfully and beautifully
created” as the bible says in proverbs “ As Man thinks in his heart so is he”
Stop the Worry culture that is
holding you back today
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