For Today: March 19th

For Today: March 19^th

It is frightful not to live.

Victor Hugo

When responsibilities press heavily, I tend to hoard my spirit, hang onto fear and act as if worry will improve my life. But today is all the time I have to live. It is not the “rightness” of conditions that determines whether I live life today. It is my attitude.

I have it within my power to give up worry, chuck my image like an old shell and release that fresh and joyous spirit I know is there. My frowning façade hides wonderfully free and uncomplicated thoughts, a warm and caring person.

For Today: Am I really like the image I have of myself? It’s time to find out.

Part of my compulsive drive to overeat is rooted in fear & worry. All the ‘what if’s’ ……. What if the stock market crashes and I lose my nest egg? What if my contract isn’t renewed on the job? What if the soil under my home cracks the foundation & costs me a fortune to repair? What if What if What if? 

I have NO control over the outcome of these situations, so, worrying over them won’t benefit me.  The outcome will NOT change whether I worry about it or not; if the stock market crashes and I lose my nest egg, I will pare down my lifestyle & live accordingly. If my contract isn’t renewed on the job, I will find another job. I know that I am not afraid of hard work, and I can be a waitress if need be.  If the clay in the soil cracks my foundation, I will get it fixed & take out a loan if required. 


For every worry there is a solution, when I trust God to direct me and take care of what I can’t handle MYSELF. When I let go and let God, I don’t HAVE TO take the weight of the world onto my shoulders; He will shoulder it FOR me.

For today, I pray to stop sweating the small stuff. And it’s ALL small stuff, in the grand scheme of things. The only thing that truly matters in my life is my family, my friends & my relationship with God.  Everything else is material, and in the end, will take care of itself.