Showing posts with label worry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label worry. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

How to Stop Worrying

“Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.” Swedish Proverb Isn't that the truth? As much as I hate the robbing of my peace of mind that worrying brings, I can't stop.  Sometimes it feels like an addiction, other times I feel cursed. There are times the serenity prayer works,...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Sometimes we get scared

No matter how brave, strong,  or levelheaded we are,  sometimes we all get scared. "Life can take us on a roller coaster ride full of highs and lows and twists and turns. Even for those of us who enjoy unexpected thrills, it’s frightening to suddenly find ourselves heading for...
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Monday, February 4, 2013

Growing Day by Day

Suffering is the sandpaper of our life.  It does its work of shaping us.  Suffering is part of our training  program for becoming wise. Ram Dass We understand that we want to be better but have no clear definition of what better means and that is part...
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Sunday, July 8, 2012

Anxiety and Tranquility

You may be plagued by anxious feelings today. If you feel overly pressured to succeed in your personal and professional spheres, you could begin retaining tension in your body. The nervous stress affecting your mind could quickly cause your muscles to grow painfully tight and inflexible....
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Monday, November 1, 2010

Quality of Life and the Adventurous Attitude

What is adventure?   Adventure could be defined as an activity that involves the possibility of risk, danger or exciting experiences. For one person, it could mean jumping off a bridge attached to a bungee cord, feeling the rush of rising and falling as the bungee cord does its...
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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

A New Approach

Taking a Break from What You Are DoingSometimes we need to step back from what occupies our minds and take a break much like touching the reset button. We can get so wrapped up in our thoughts that we wind up going round in round in circles, finding it difficult to concentrate on things and, because...
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Sunday, April 11, 2010

Worry, paranoia and intuition

Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever. (Isak Dinesen) Worry is one of those emotions I could do without. It has been brought...
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Monday, February 23, 2009

An abundance of enthusiasm

What do you do with your worries, problems, fears . . . and an abundance of enthusiasm? For the past two nights I have not been able to sleep because of worries, problems and fears crammed into my thoughts that don’t want to shut down, holding on to every little detail of every concern and project...
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Thursday, January 29, 2009

The balance of control

We can dream, wish, pray as much as we want, work on a project to exhaustion giving it the best we can give, but in the end we relinquish those things out of our control to faith and hope. What can you do other than your best? The answer is nothing . . . However, much of what happens to us...
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Friday, January 16, 2009

The road to happiness

Happiness is a state of mind. When I wake up every morning I have a choice to either think positively or negatively. Life circumstances don’t matter if I have decided to think positively about my situation. Long ago I realized that we are very spoiled as a society. I was tired of wanting...
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