Worry

Worry

It’s one thing to tell people not to worry, it’s another to show them how (much less why). It’s one thing to tell people not to worry, it’s another to turn around and not worry yourself. These pearls of wisdom I’ve experienced lately due to my job. I was able to not worry about getting a new job. I had a hard time imagining how I would’ve explained this to my old self. He did a lot of worrying.
There are movies about someone’s future self showing up in the present, full of the kind of sage advice only a future self can have. What would you tell your past self? Would you calculate into the equation that you had to be ready for certain things first, before jumping into it? Would you remember some things one is never ready for, beforehand?
I could not go back in time and tell myself to quit drinking before he/me was ready. Nobody is “ready” for their first Airborne experience; you literally just have to jump. ‘till this day, I still don’t remember my first jump. I really don’t. I’m not sure being on auto-pilot qualifies as “ready”. Auto-pilot is the only reason I can think of for not remembering the event. It wasn’t traumatic. Jumping out of planes (& landing) was the easiest thing I did in the Army. This either doesn’t say a whole lot for the rest of the Army or says something really good about parachuting.
If I told my old self not to worry about getting a new job, the lesser thing would’ve been why. He/me would say because Jesus said not to worry, because each day has enough in and of it’s self. The larger thing would’ve been telling him how not to worry. This is where I have a hard time imagining how the phrase “give it up to the Lord & leave it in His hands” would be anything more than advice monks can take, but we laymen…? C’mon! Ironically that’s all I did though—and it seems to be working.
This is another self-centered blog from someone extolling the sage pearl of buying bonds & getting your kids on centering prayer TODAY! :)

"Long Term/ Short Term"

It seems to be human nature (I say this to avoid sounding self- obbsessive) to notice long term things more than short term things. "Before you say 'No.', just hear me out." Short term things don't hold our attention for long. Long term things seem to stand the test of time. Short term blessings, however, are exstreamly important.
Imagine a tool of metal and one of cardboard. The metal tool is for somthing that can be approached the same way every time. Somthings can't be approached the same way every time. So you're not stuck with some bulky thing you'll eventually no longer need, it may be made of temporary, bio- degradable material. Yet, when you need it-- you need it! You'd be lost without it. Metal or cardboard, they both share the equal task of getting us through our journey. It may be erroneous to assign one grater significance than the other.Long term things may cause us to be gratfull due to their obviousness. The hope is that just because we realize something's worth in retrospect-- it makes us no less thankfull.