The Cycle of Worries vs Counting Your Blessings

Incidentally, after Sunday Service on Being Happy -- Enjoying Life, a close friend of mine and myself embarked on an email conversation on how life is full of worries. (No, this friend did not attend the same service as me)

We joked on Sunday that service was similar to a motivation talk and pastor did laughed about it. Then, he went on to show examples of Jesus's mundane life. As such - we always think that divine beings have more exciting life... but, after re-looking at what pastor pointed out - true enough - life can be borrrring even if you're God. Tee-hee-hee.

Anyway, this fren of mine, lets call her J - was talking about the various problems that one can worry about. For starters, it'll be the GST hike to 7% in the next budget. Subsequently, we went into how expensive things are going for these days.

The conversation went about discussing on why there are so many things to worry about - and it is NATURAL to live a life full of worries. Its a vicious cycle that one gets all worried and depressed about the following :

- the future : What the future might hold ? No money? No love ?
- the past : Past ghost catching up on you
- the present : Worrying about immediate problems

So, be it current problems, past problems or potential problems - they are suppose to bother us, and its natural that we get bothered by them.

Honestly, guys, why are we overly indulging ourselves in past issues.. or worse, potential problems. So, not only are we preoccupied with our current problems that we need to resolve, but we have to share our time-pie with previous problems that have occurred. Plus POTENTIAL problems?????

Doesn't sound very smart does it.

Its a thin line guys - Look at the rising 'sudden' deaths occuring around us - There seems on the rise of cardiac arrests to normal, young, healthy people. Before you go : "there, i told you - you better start worrying about dying young and better start being obsessed in being a health freak least I fall dead the next second. "

STOP.

My question to you is : Is it all worth it ? The time spend worrying about the future problems ? About worrying if I have to work till 65, when one just drops dead at 35? Was it worth spending time worrying about potential problems when we could have use the time to be happy and count our blessings

Of course, we are not talking about not planning here - the key word is "WORRY". I guess, sometimes we do see potential problems in the future to allow one to plan soundly. By all means, plan. I'm not saying that one shouldn't plan.

But, indulging in it and putting all your eggs in the basket labelled "future", having your entire life revolve around future at the expense of the NOW - you ough to think twice. If one starts spending 100 % of one's time worrying about tomorrow, when are you going to stop and 'smell the roses' and enjoy the now ?

Maybe, its time for us to stop -- and enjoy some time with our love ones - or, go out and spurlge on that lovely something that you've been meaning to get. (",)