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<\/p>\nI came across an article recently called "Wait to Worry" by Vicki Hitzges and thought it could help if you tend to worry:<\/p>\n
\nI used to worry. A lot. The more I fretted the more proficient I became at it. Anxiety begets anxiety. I even worried that I worried too much! Ulcers might develop. My health could fail. My finances could deplete to pay the hospital bills.<\/p>\n
To get some perspective, I visited a well known, Dallas businessman, Fred Smith.<\/strong> Fred mentored such luminaries as motivational whiz Zig Ziglar<\/strong>, business guru Ken Blanchard<\/strong> and leadership expert John Maxwell<\/strong>. Fred listened as I poured out my concerns and then said, "Vicki, you need to learn to wait to worry."<\/strong><\/p>\n
As the words sank in, I asked Fred if he ever spent time fretting. (I was quite certain he wouldn't admit it if he did. He was pretty full of testosterone-even at age 90.) To my surprise, he confessed that in years gone by he had been a top-notch worrier!<\/p>\n
"I decided that I would wait to worry!" <\/strong>he explained. "I decided that I'd wait until I actually had a reason to worry-something that was happening, not just something that might happen-before I worried."<\/strong><\/p>\n
"When I'm tempted to get alarmed,"<\/strong> he confided, "I tell myself, 'Fred, you've got to wait to worry! Until you know differently, don't worry.' And I don't. Waiting to worry helps me develop the habit of not worrying and that helps me not be tempted to worry."<\/strong><\/p>\n
Fred Smith would frequently ask the audiences what they were worried about this time last year and he would get a lot of laughs, because most people can't remember. Then he would ask if they have a current worry – you see nods from everybody. Then he would remind them that the average worrier is 92% inefficient – only 8% of what we worry about ever comes true.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Worrying is different than concern. It's OK to be concerned about something, but when it turns to anxiety or hand-wringing worry, then it's bad for us and we lose our focus. Don't let worry blur your focus.<\/p>\n
Quotes:<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n
"Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, but only empties today of its strength."<\/em> – Charles Spurgeon<\/p>\n
Song "They That Wait" – Isaiah 40:31
\n\t<\/strong><\/p>\nThey that wait upon the Lord will renew their strength;
\n\tThey will mount up with wings like eagles.
\n\tThey will run and not grow weary;
\n\tThey will walk and not faint.
\n\tTeach me, Lord; teach me, Lord, to wait.<\/p>\nPhoto courtesy Flickr by [ Roberto Bouza ]<\/a><\/p>\n
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