This is an older one, but good thoughts they are.
Winner's Circle Network with Lou Tice - 11/8/06 - "Worry Time"
What are you trying to avoid in your life? I'll give you a few tips that will help you avoid trouble the easy way.
Most of us try to avoid certain things in life - poverty, depression, unhappiness, stress, illness and pain, to name just a few. It makes sense to want to avoid these things as much as possible. However, some people spend an enormous amount of time worrying about how to avoid them or about how to cope with them IF they do occur.
Just by spending that much time worrying, you are pretty much eliminating the possibility of feeling happy. You are also raising your stress level, thereby weakening your immune system, which makes you more susceptible to illness and pain. Depression often follows. And, if you feel this badly, you're probably not going to be doing very well at work or school, either.
You see what I'm getting at? The fact is that we move toward and become like that which we think about. If you spend most of your time worrying about something, you shouldn't be too surprised when it shows up in your life.
You know, someone once said that worry is "interest paid on trouble before it comes due." Now, you wouldn't think of doing this with your money, would you? So why in the world would you do it with something far more precious than money - your time and your very life?
So ask yourself, for every minute you spend worrying, what could you be thinking about instead?
The Winner's Circle with Lou Tice
copyright The Pacific Institute, Inc.
Reprinted by permission
Borrow from Terence Yeung's blog
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