Finding Balance - Day 21

Busy lives and competing demands can distract us from what matters most, causing imbalance and tension in the relationships we have with ourselves, family, friends, and the world. In this month-long series, Jay guides you towards creating and reintegrating harmony in your life.

Transcript

Why Worry?

Worry about the future is one of our favorite mental pastimes that we use to pass the time.

We create negative images of possible futures and use them to keep ourself in a state of perpetual anxiety or tension.

Regret and worry are the two mortal enemies of our creative potential.

The first step towards the mastery of our mental resources is to learn to forget the past and ignore the future.

Letting go of our story.

Have the faith that all will be well.

All will turn out exactly as it should,

No matter what happens.

To realize that your peace and happiness in life can never be found in the past or in the future,

But only in the now,

In the present.

A no regrets and no worries approach to life does not mean we don't learn from what has just gone.

It does not mean we don't make a plan.

But learning and moving on,

Planning and acting on our plans are not regret and worry.

To get a clearer sense of the difference between the two,

We need to make some time daily for reflection.

Don't confuse regretting or worrying with caring.

Be fully present in the now with a skip in your step and a sparkle in your eye.

Be fully present in the now with a skip in your step and a sparkle in your eye.

Be fully present in the now with a skip in your step and a sparkle in your eye.

Be fully present in the now with a skip in your step and a sparkle in your eye.

Be fully present in the now with a skip in your step and a sparkle in your eye.

Be fully present in the now with a skip in your step and a sparkle in your eye.

Be fully present in the now with a skip in your step and a sparkle in your eye.

Be fully present in the now with a skip in your step and a sparkle in your eye.

Be fully present in the now with a skip in your step and a sparkle in your eye.

Be fully present in the now with a skip in your step and a sparkle in your eye.

Be fully present in the now with a skip in your step and a sparkle in your eye.

Thank you.

Reviews

Thank you! Learning everyday with you! Great!

Hah, I remember as a child to return from having a jolly good time only to meet my concerned mother kindly tell me “I wish you__ I worried about you”. I’d explain it seems silly to do that. Then I’d wonder how worry was concern? Whenever I wonder if I’m starting to worry for someone, I just remember my Mom’s worry was no favor.

Now this is also the time I became a tremendous dreamer, so living in the present is a wee bit bigger challenge. Thank you Jay.

Great one, Jay - taps into what I’ve been learning and exploring with Authentic Relating 😊

Words of truth!! Thank you, Jay 💖💖

Ahhh the old familiar friend, Worry.
To surrender control
To accept that I cannot control what I'm worrying over. Define my part, God's part, next right action, and leave outcome to God.
That makes surrender if we infinitely easier...
To not get sucked into habit loop, what an I worrying about?
Awareness Acceptance Action

I appreciated the reminder that worry and regret are not the same as planning and remembering.

Thank you. Love this series🙏🏽

Thanks once again. So many good reminders in this one! 🙏

Ironically funny, yet uneasy not to make it as my favorite pastime...ughhh!

Thank you!! Very good advice delivered in a Beautiful practice... Blessings dear one, see you tomorrow.🙏🙏

I'm learning to let go of worry and when I do things turn out exactly as they should. This was a good reminder to live with no regrets and no worries. I like the pace.

I loved ‘Don’t mistake regret or worry for caring’! Really important message - thanks for sharing!

To the point and simply down to earth. Thank you.