FUNDAMENTAL FACTS ABOUT WORRY
We humans all dream of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today. But the truth is that 85 percent of the things we worry about never happen. Worry may severely affect our health and can cause nervous indigestion, stomach ulcers, heart disturbances, headaches and what not! Do remember what Dr. Alexis Carrel said “Business men who do not know how to fight worry die young”.
So why are we simply wasting our time worrying about the future?
As Thomas Carlyle said “Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand”. ‘Everyday is a new life to a wise man.’ So shut the iron doors on the past and future. Live in day-tight compartments.
HOW TO ANALYZE AND SOLVE WORRY PROBLEMS
Confusion is the chief cause of worry. Do you know ‘A problem well stated is a problem half solved’? So carefully weigh all the facts and come to a decision. Then act! Get busy carrying out your decision and dismiss all anxiety about the outcome.
When you are tempted to worry about a problem write down and answer the following questions:
1. What is the problem?
2. What is the cause of the problem?
3. What are all the possible solutions?
4. What is the best solution?
HOW TO BREAK THE WORRY HABIT BEFORE IT BREAKS YOU
The remedy for worry is to get completely occupied doing something constructive. It is utterly impossible for any human mind to think of more than one thing at any given time. By engaging yourself in some other activities you are allowing yourself to drive out worry from your mind. So keep yourself busy.
Don’t allow yourselves to get upset by small things. Remember ‘Life is too short to be little.’
Let’s use the Law of Averages to outlaw many of our worries. (The Law of Averages refers to the probability of a specific event occurring.) Chances are good that whatever you’re worried about isn’t likely to happen.
Co-operate with the inevitable. If we still reject the harsh world of reality and retreat into a dream world of our own making, we will then be insane. ‘When we stop fighting the inevitable, we release energy which enables us to create a richer life.’
Worrying about yesterday is like sawing the sawdust. You can't go back and change anything that you did yesterday. For that matter, you can't even change what you did two minutes ago! Let the past bury its dead. ‘Don’t saw sawdust.’
(References: How to Stop Worrying And Start Living by Dale Carnegie)
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