Worrier or Warrior?
Why do we worry when we know that worrying destroys our happiness, our joy and our peace of mind?
The answer I usually come up with is flat out denial. “I am not a worrier.” A voice in my head always says the next unspoken words. “Most days”.
The truth is that all of us at some time worry away our happiness, our joy and our peace of mind. We worry about our own mental and physical health. We worry about the well being of our loved ones. We worry about money. We worry about the world. We worry about the future. We worry about everything.
Each of us imagines that as long as we are worrying, we are working on a solution. If a problem is at the forefront of our mind obviously we are doing something about it. Right? But is that the truth? Or is worrying just our way of saying that we care but, sorry, we don’t know how to change the situation?
The more we worry, the more the dust settles on our happiness, our joy and our peace of mind until it completely covers them and now instead of reveling in those three things we seek only to distract ourselves. What can we do?
The answer is to stop being a worrier and to start becoming a Warrior, a Warrior of Love. We have made worrying more important than loving. It’s time to change. A Warrior knows that to focus on just one thing is to master that thing. Do you want to master worrying or loving?
A Warrior always asks “What can I do to improve my mental and physical health?” And then begins to implement those changes now. Love starts with loving oneself. A Warrior of Love knows that the only person he or she can change is herself or himself. To disregard that opportunity is to disregard the greatest gift.
A Warrior of Love is someone whose greatest battle is not on the field but in their own mind. He or she battles against regrets, worries and fears on a daily basis. The goals of a Warrior of Love are accepting what is, not taking personal the shortcomings or ignorance of anyone else, understanding the power of love to heal and learning to smile at it all.
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