Don’t Worry! Be Happy!
Sometimes it is easier said than done. It seems like it is in our nature to worry. But, as watch our oldest climb a tree, we know we are completely unable to save her from a broken branch or a poorly placed foot… it reminds me that worrying is useless, and we need to learn to trust. Look at her, she said she could stay up there all day. I think she is part bird. We don’t need to worry. What will that do? Take away her happiness? Keep her from climbing up a tree? Caution and calculation are all that can keep her safe, and how else can she learn those skills? Our worry won’t stop her from falling. Worry only takes the fun out of the moment. We all have plenty of things to worry about, but when you catch yourself stewing in it, remember that worrying is not an action, so you might as well let it go. Someone said once that worrying was like trying to cross the room in a rocking chair.
What worries are draining you of joy and hope? What worries are holding you back from enjoying a beautiful day? Lay them down, do something proactive if you can, and just get busy living.
Luke 22:12-26: Then Jesus said to his disciples: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds! Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life? Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?
For the record – she is pretty darn high up. Much higher than I’d dare to climb!
