I love the line in Jewel's song "My Hands" that says "... and not to worry 'cause worry is wasteful and useless in times like these." I LOVE that! It's so powerful and so true. And then she says "... I won't be made useless won't be idle with despair..." That's what worry does to us! It renders us useless. We do nothing, we freeze. And that leaves us feeling empty and scared of an outcome we have no real vision of. Uncertainty sucks! According to Dr. Daniel Freeman, professor of clinical psychology, Medical Research Council Senior Clinical Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford,"excessive worry has been shown to play a significant role in the development and persistence of paranoid thinking, post-traumatic stress disorder, alcohol and drug dependence and insomnia. It has also been linked to the incidence of eating disorders."
WORRYING is not good for us, people!
So for today's act of kindness, talk to someone who's worried about something. We all know far too many people suffering from "Worry," pick one.Reach out to someone lost in the despair of worry. It never hurts to remind a friend to lighten up a little, or to try meditation. If, however, that's not for them, try these anti-worry suggestions:
1) Help them figure out a way to be proactive; if they can do something to solve the problem, tell them to do it! Not worry. 2) If there is nothing they can do to solve the problem, then pit your heads together and think about it, turn it around in your heads, and look for alternate solutions. They can twist it, explore it, examine it, work the problem! Not worry. 3) for some of us the answer is prayer, of this sounds like your friend, then remind them to "let go and let God." Not worry.
Usui recognized the wastefulness of worry, the energy it took from people. As a practitioner, I see, too often, how worry depletes people of their energy and how it dims their light. A little reminder that worrying doesn't help and compassionate conversation with a caring friend might turn their day around and recharge their battery. Reach out, darlings, spread the nice and share the love.
Go for it. Do it with conscious intention and compassion. Watch what happens. Little acts of empathy have a way of becoming contagious. Feel free to "inject empathy" into every problem you face today. Spread the nice.Tell us how it went. How did people react/respond? Use the hashtags #reikibabieskindnesstribe #todaysplannedactofkindness and #2017anotsorandomyearofkindness so we can keep our stories together.
