The Reasons You Shouldn't Worry

This is my first blog post... I'm pretty excited :-). My first post is actually an email I sent to a dear friend, who had been told by her doctor about some issues in her body. While it had not been confirmed that it was serious, she was pretty worried and was somewhat freaking out. We were talking online and we had to cut it short so this is what I wrote up for her:

The Reasons You Shouldn't Worry

I didn't get a chance to get to the meat of what I wanted to tell u, so I decided to write a little something for you.

We already talked about point #1: It's probably nothing :-)

Point number #2: Let's say that it is something serious (which I don't think it is... but for the purposes of discussion let's suppose)... The ultimate question is, what is worrying about it really gonna change?

25 Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

- Matthew 6:25-27 (NIV) (Jesus speaking to the disciples during the Sermon on the Mount)

I'm not an overly-religious guy (but of course I believe in God and am definitely Spiritually minded)... And I'm not about to get preachy or anything so work w/ me... The reason I mention this here because it mentions several truths that I think that are important when we are talking about why you shouldn't worry.

First of all, we can go straight to this quote, "Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?" When you think about this, it kinda smacks you in the face because even on the surface it's a pretty undeniable truth. BUT, The key thing to realize is why can't you add or subtract from your life. The answer to this question, which comes from an understanding of what Life really is, is that Life is ETERNAL and you can not add or subtract from that which is forever.

Well, what is Life? To answer that, let's ask a few other questions first. Have you ever given thought to what it is that makes you who you are? It's not your arms, legs, mouth, hair, etc. etc. It's your thoughts, your thinking, your loving, your opinions, your insights, your ideas, your desires... Those are the things that represent are what your Soul is... Your body is just a tool to express the unseen essence of YOU. Why then, do we have such an attachment to a body? Another thing, have you ever thought about the fact that the body is solely a tool for this planet? You have lungs that breathe oxygen in our atmosphere; You have feet that are meant for walking/running on the ground. If you were to place that body ANYWHERE in space or on any other planet in our solar system (left to its own devices), it would be totally useless and you would be "dead" within seconds. The body is just a tool to manifest the idea of Life; the body by itself is NOT alive. So back to the question, What is alive? What is Life? Inside every living thing is that unseen Inner Self which comes from the One all-knowing, all-present, all-powerful God. God extends his One Life and Love to us for us to further manifest and replicate His idea of Life and Love (we can talk about Love later... a whole other topic... but, paradoxically, the same topic). The body by itself could not take it's next breath or heartbeat with out God's will to extend and manifest Life (which is extended to us).

The real you, the Inner You, is something that has existed, does exist, and will always exist. Everything that seemingly "exists" in the physical (such as the body) must go through the cycle of "life" and "death" as we observe it here on the physical earth. The "Life" and "Death" of the body as we observe it in the physical are really just two halves of the same cycle that repeats forever. Just like the leaf of a tree falls to the ground and "dies" in the fall, in the spring time it will undoubtedly be back again to manifest the idea of Life (and of "tree leaf" and "tree" for that matter... but I digress :-)).

Of course there is more detail to this, but I think that is what I'm gonna leave you with for now. In the end, I just want you to know that it will be ok. We can definitely talk about this later. Toss it around in your Mind and feel free to let me know what you think.

With Love,

Regular Guy