7 Steps to Eliminate Worry

Worry is one of the biggest roadblocks to a happy, well balanced mental attitude.  It results in a destructive state of mind causing mental distress about a person, problem, or situation.  It is always negative and should be eliminated except in situations that you can immediately resolve.  For example, if you are worried you left the stove on in your home, you can go back and check it, or call someone else to check it.  That is a legitimate concern, but that is not the type of worry that is running most people’s lives.

Most people are worried about what is going to happen in the future or what has already happened in the past.  Either way, it prevents one from living in the present.  What gets missed is TODAY (and today is all one has).  To worry about the past or future that you can’t do anything about now, is useless and a total waste of time and energy, as well as a potent source of internal stress.  It is estimated only 4% of worries are about things that can be changed.  This is why worry is called "the foolish American pastime".  The stress from worry can cause a myriad of physical and mental ailments and has been credited with causing more disease than all the germs that exist on the planet.

Steps to eliminate worry:

1.    Define the worry in writing.  This can help you see possible   
       solutions more clearly.
2.    Live in "day-tight compartments".  Focus on Today.
3.    Accept the worst that can happen, but do what you can to minimize the
       chances of it happening.  Let go of what you can’t affect.  Do what you   
       can and start NOW.
4.    Get very busy doing something constructive and you won’t have time to
       worry.  Action is the antidote to worry.
5.    Know when to walk away.  Some things just aren’t worth the stress. 
       Sometimes it is best to cut your loses and forget it.
6.    Don’t saw sawdust.  Let the past bury it’s dead.  Move on or else you are
       going through life with your brakes on. This is a ball and chain you don’t  
       need.
7.    Don’t sweat the small stuff.  Life is too short to let a bunch of little things
       pile up on you and destroy you from the inside out.  Decide your life is
       too important to let that happen.

PS – If you missed Dr. Crawford’s radio interview on Suggestions for Personal Power last week, you can go to:  www.InlovewithSacto.com and listen to it at your convenience.

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