Hope & Question

3. Why worry?

3. Why worry?

These two words, considered sincerely, can radically reconfigure the landscape of your mind. Worry rarely leads to positive action; it's just painful, useless fear about hypothetical events, which scuttles happiness rather than ensuring it. Some psychologists say that by focusing on gratitude, we can shut down the part of the brain that worries. It actually works!

This question makes me think of (cliche, I know) Matthew 6:
Do Not Worry
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?
28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.


So easy to say, so not so easy to think or live out.

I like the idea of replacing gratitude with worry.

Today, I am grateful for the following (in no particular order):

--a currently flexible-while-I'm-at-work job. While I have to be here from around 8 until around 4:30, I can get stuff done on my own terms for the most part. I'm thankful for that.

--Jack. I can't even handle him! He's such a cutie right now. He laughs alot (wonder where he gets that?). He eats like it's his job. He's rolling over both ways. He's starting to sit on his own. He smiles when we come to get him in the morning. Love, love, love him.

--Shawn. I know I gush about him often, but goodness God has blessed me so. He's thoughtful and kind and patience and responsible and wise and follows hard after God.

--the ocean. I love the ocean. Just something about it puts me in my place and reminds me God is in control and His timing is perfect.

I'll keep it at that list of four for now.

posted by Loren @ 12:03 PM