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Commenting on this strategy, the great preacher C.H. Sprugeon once said, "Suppose Leonidas and his handful of men had gone out into the wide-open plain and attacked the Persians--why, they would have died at once, even though they might have fought like lions."
Spurgeon continued by saying that Christians stand in the narrow pass of each new day
If they choose to battle every difficulty at once, they're sure to suffer defeat
Remember the old rocking chairs on the wrap around porches. You probably rocked in one or more in your lifetime. And when you did, did you notice that it gave you something to do but it didn’t get you anywhere.
That’s what worry is…mulling over things over and over again…all that negative energy being expended and getting you nowhere…well…certainly not in the right direction.
Concern rather than worry…worry sees a problem…concern works at trying to solve the problem.
When you worry most…sit less…getting up and moving around can do a great deal to help worry…inaction just lets a worry settle in.
“Worry is the darkroom in which negatives are developed.” I heard that a long time ago. I just remembered it again.
May I ask you to ask yourself a question? How often if ever do you make a note to yourself to mull over and worry about some particular problem every day for the rest of your life? Something you said or did or had said or done to. Reliving it. Giving it each day a new life.
Doubtful you would write yourself note to make sure you did that. So then what can and should you do to keep from multiplying a problem until it metapmorphs into a giant when it was originally only a pygmy.
To begin to push a “mull over problem” to the side…do something different than what you normally do? Force yourself to pick up a new hobby when you may not even feel like practicing your old one. Do this and it will make you feel better…try it…you should like the results.
By way of example…Don’t just play some music…get up and dance to it…you may feel silly…you may not want anyone to see you dancing…that’s not the point…doing what you’ve never done before or not in a long while is what this idea is all about.
Project yourself into next week or late tomorrow or however far ahead you have to think ahead. Project yourself back a year and see if you can remember any of the things that were driving you crazy then. You can’t remember? Good. So it will be as to what is worrying you to death at this minute.
Was it something you did that was stupid? Fear not. You will do something stupid again. We all do. And we do intelligent things to. Bring up something intelligent you did not that long ago. It’s a gift of sunshine you can give yourself.
What’s the worst thing that can happen concerning what you are mulling over and over again? What’s the best? Write down your conclusions. Then set the paper on fire. As the smoke rises…imagine what you’ve been worrying about rising with the smoke.
Are you guilty of “overthink?” It’s good to logically approach problems and think them through…but thinking yourself ragged is emotional overkill. Work on and pray for a stop button. Assign a period of time, maybe 30 minutes to worry and mull over something and then set an alarm. When it goes off…force yourself to think of something positive…yes…you may have to set the alarm to go off again in a minute and maybe a third time…hey…even if it’s one ding after another for awhile…each ding will bring you closer to spiritual sanity.
Accept the fact you’re not perfect. When you face your imperfection you can join the rest of the world that isn’t filled with perfect people either. And yes…imperfect people make imperfect mistakes and learn from them and move on. (You planted the wrong seed and got a stink weed instead of a flower. Don’t give up gardening. Just go out and plant another seed. And that stink weed…leave it alone and it will more quickly shrivel and die.)
What’s the big picture? Not the little negative picture draped in black that you can’t/won’t get out of your mind. What’s the big picture. In the midst of the millions of evens that will happen in your lifetime…is all the worry you are putting out over this one event worth all the nervous energy you are expending?
And oh yes…the new habit or hobby you want to stick. It really is helping. How can you help it to stick around.
It takes 3 to 6 months for a new habit or hobby to become a part of you. So be patient and persistent. The act of practicing patience and persistence is uplifting.
And yes, write yourself a complimentary note…complimenting yourself for getting busy and trying to do something to improve your thinking and way of life.
Set aside a time for this new way of thinking or doing. Prioritize. Otherwise the whole bit will die before you ever get a good head of steam up.
Whatever it is…practice it every day at first…otherwise…out of mind…out of sight…out of practice. Do this for at least three weeks and then if you feel you is taking too much time you can back off a bit…but give the new habit a chance by constantly massaging it.
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