Fundamental Facts About Worry

Do not tend to put off living in the present in order to worry about the future, or yearn for some “magical garden of rose over the horizon”.

Don’t embitter the present by regretting things that happened in past – that are over & done with.

Get up in the morning determined to “seize the day” – to get the utmost out of these twenty-four hours.

Always think, “Everyday is a new day with new hope”.

When you are in some problems, ask yourself,” What is the worst that could probably happen?” and prepare to accept it if you have to.

Calmly devote your time & energy trying to improve upon the worst, which you have mentally accepted.

Remind yourself of the exorbitant price you can pay for worry in terms of your health. “Those who don’t know how to fight worries die young.”

Get the facts that are worrying u.

Get to remember “half the worry in the world is caused by people trying to make decisions before they have sufficient knowledge on which to base a decision”.

After weighting the facts, come to a decision

Once the decision is carefully reached, act! Get busy carrying out with your decisions – and dismiss all the anxiety about the outcome.

When there is some problem, write out and answer the following questions,

Keep busy of yourself. The worried person must loose himself in action, lest he wither in despair.

Lets not allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise & forget. Remember “life is too short to be little”

“Lets examine the record”. Lets ask ourselves: “what are the chances, according to the law of averages, that this event I’m worrying about will ever occur?”

Cooperate with the inevitable. If you know a circumstance is beyond your power of change or revise, say to yourself: “It is so, it cannot be otherwise”.

Let past bury its dead. Don’t saw sawdust.

Whenever you are tempted to throw good money after bad in terms of human living, let’s stop and ask ourselves these three questions,

Whatsoever happens, think & act cheerfully, and you will feel cheerful.

Lets fill our mind with thoughts of peace, courage, health & hope, for “our life is what our thoughts make it”.

Lets never try to get even with our enemies, because if we do we will hurt ourselves far more then we hurt them. Lets not waste a minute thinking about the people we don’t like.

Instead of worrying about ingratitude, let’s expect it. Let’s remember that Jesus healed tem lepers in one day – and only one thanked Him. Why should we expect more gratitude then Jesus.

Lets remember that the only way to find happiness is not to expect gratitude – but to give for the joy of giving.

Remember gratitude is a cultivated trait; so if we want our children to be grateful, we must train them to be grateful.

Count your blessings not your troubles.

Lets not imitate others. Let’s find ourselves, for “envy is ignorance” and “imitation is suicide”.

When fate hands us the lemon, lets try to make a lemonade.

Lets forget our happiness – be trying to create a little happiness for others. “when you are good to others, you are best to yourself”.

Unjust criticism is often a disguised compliment. It often means that you have aroused jealousy and envy. Remember that no one ever kicks a dead dog.

Do the very best you can; and then put up your old umbrella and keep the rain of criticism from running down the back of your neck.

Lets keep the record of the fool things we have done and criticize ourselves. Since we can’t hope to be perfect; lets ask for unbiased, helpful, constructive criticism.

Rest before you get tired.

Learn to relax at your work.

Learn to relax at home.

To prevent worry a fatigue, put enthusiasm into your work.

Remember, no one was ever killed by lack of sleep. It is worrying about the insomnia that does the damage – not the insomnia.

Apply these four good working habits: