{"id":388,"date":"2011-12-01T18:44:01","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T18:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/areasontosmile\/?p=388"},"modified":"2011-12-01T18:44:01","modified_gmt":"2011-12-01T18:44:01","slug":"no-more-worry-or-letting-go-and-letting-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/areasontosmile\/2011\/12\/no-more-worry-or-letting-go-and-letting-god.html","title":{"rendered":"No more worry, Or, letting go and letting God"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We've got to start somewhere =)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe hope vaguely, but dread precisely.\u201d
\nPaul Val\u00e9ry<\/p>\n

Really, worry is more than a habit, it is an addiction. If you don’t know how we can get addicted to emotions, I HIGHLY recommend you watch ‘What The Bleep Do We Know; you can see it for free\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0(you’ll need to download their player first, but it’s free as well).<\/p>\n

If you consider yourself to be a person of faith, then please recognize that you can have faith, OR you can worry, but not both. When you worry, you are telling God and \/ or the Universe that they can’t handle your situation, so you need to come up with an answer. When the dust settles, you either trust God *completely* to provide your needs, or not at all.<\/p>\n

If you are not a person of faith, then even then you should know that worry won’t affect the outcome of the situation, and that makes it even more pointless to torture yourself for nothing!<\/p>\n

Worry is just another, and more insidious form of\u00a0fear\u00a0<\/a>. When confronted with the unknown, and all the infinite wonderful possibilities, it is all too easy to pick out the worst possible one and fixate on that.<\/p>\n

See, the\u00a0Law of Attraction<\/a>\u00a0teaches us that whatever we focus on, we attract. So if you are focused on negative things with emotional intensity (like worrying) then you are actually bringing all those negative things into your life that much faster.<\/p>\n

And even worse, as I said in my article on\u00a0Pessimism\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0it leaves you feeling bad RIGHT NOW, even before the ‘bad’ situation has taken place!<\/p>\n

I want to invite you to look at things in a new light, to develop a ‘positive paranoia’. Start to believe that God and the Universe are on your side and that everything in Creation is conspiring to make you happy. If this is too much of a stretch, than at least resolve to give up worry once and for all, since it will truly never accomplish anything.<\/p>\n

Know what you want, focus on the goal, and keep moving forward.<\/p>\n

Resolve to put all that negativity behind you, and move forward with bold confidence to the\u00a0BEST 2012\u00a0you can possibly have.<\/p>\n

You are great, and I love you!<\/p>\n

And if you love me back, click ‘share’ up at the top!<\/p>\n

B. Dave Walters<\/p>\n

Writer, Life Coach, and Talk Radio Host<\/p>\n

Find out more about me:
\nhttp:\/\/about.me\/BDaveWalters<\/a><\/p>\n

Ask me anything:
\nhttp:\/\/formspring.me\/BDaveWalters<\/a><\/p>\n

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Gnostic Theism<\/a>\u00a0— Religion and Spirituality for the 21st Century (Join the Movement!)<\/p>\n

Love One Another<\/a>\u00a0—\u00a0\u00a0A safe place to come find more reasons to smile!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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