In my years of life coaching I have watched and had people talk to me about worrying over things, and since I have recently spent time on emotional topics such as ‘discipline’ and ‘boredom,’ I thought I would spend some time talking about this subject.
Worry: to be or make anxious. To feel anxious about something unpleasant that may have happened or may happen.
As with any emotional word, wasting time on the emotion is not ever going to get you any closer to self awareness; you must get to the root of it. As I have said, you must get to the actually FEELING that has been invoked because of the situation at hand.
Not always, but often, worry is the feeling of fear. You are concerned, anxious, or uptight about something that may happen or take place. It has not taken place, and you are fearful that it could.
In other scenarios, worry is the feeling of either anger or sadness. Something has already taken place, you did not get what it was that you were wanting, and now you (the mind) are still chewing on it, and you are participating or engaging in the chewing.
In either case; you are not in your awareness, and you are not in the NOW! The first step is to recognize it, accept that fact, and possibly forgive yourself for falling out of awareness (even though that is a mind-game as well). From there, get centered, take advantage of some pauses, and then decide what to do, if there is anything to do at all.
I do want to interject here, in many situations, I point out to people that they are worrying (that they are on a mind trip) and they tell me that it is not easy to not worry. I point out to them that I understand because the worrying has become a habit. I point out to them that this is the way that their mind has been conditioned, so it has become the most travelled pathway in the mind. Often, when you attempt to break a habit, it is hard, but you are making it harder because there is no Awareness around it. This is the reason why I ask you to start off with the centeredness and pauses.
Also, after working with clients for awhile around the mind game of worrying, and I point it out to them that they are on the mind trip once again, I may point out to them that they must enjoy it or they would not be doing it. Usually, at that point, they get angry with me. Guys, once you have some awareness around the ‘how to’s,’ and the ‘how comes’ of worrying and you continue to worry, there is something in there that you do like; it could be the drama, the adrenaline rush, or the power and control game that is happening because of the worrying.
Worry is a complete waste of time. If something has already occurred that has evoked the worrying; it is already done, you cannot turn back time. If the event that you are worrying about has not happened yet, you have projected something into the future. Either way, you are not in your NOW!
Guys, we have to watch these mind games we play with ourselves. It one of the many things we do to keep us caught up in the illusions of life. The formula is always get centered, pause, practice awareness and then respond (if there is a response to be made).
I hope this brings some insights to how the mind works relating to worry. If you have any further questions about this topic, you are free to submit a question right here; I will be happy to assist.
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