Worry Worm... rarely avoids the bird.

So..... I have been known as one who worries.... a whole LOT. I am considered a perfectionist to most who know me best and they all know that I tend to get anxious about silly things. Example: If I can't think of what I am going to do in the next few hours, I get anxious. YIKES! I KNOW! Recently though, I have come to realize that worrying gets me NOWHERE! Worrying gets NO ONE ANYWHERE. I found a few quotes today that inspired me to focus on the better things in life "in the moment" so that I find myself not so anxious as often.

"If things go wrong, don't go with them.....Do not anticipate trouble or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.......If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep."

As I read this quote, I thought of every single thing I have ever worried about in my lifetime... WOW! Extremely pointless things to worry about... and everytime the only place the worry took me to was nowhere because I couldn't do anything about it because all I did was mope and think of what could happen and not what was happening. I am seeing for the first time a pattern in my life that I hoped would have worked itself out by now.... as soon as I let my guard down, though, it happens all over again...

My advice to anyone with anxiety issues like me..... STOP WORRYING. Become faithful in God that He will deliver you no matter where or what you go through to get there. Life is flying by it seems and the only way I can slow it down is by enjoying every single moment that I get and cherish it forever. I hope you all will do the same. Life lessons are interesting in their approach...sometimes, the approach is what makes all the difference.