Hmmmmm…04/09/12

"Worrying is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do but it doesn't get you anywhere." –Glenn Turner

If worrying was an Olympic sport, would you be a contender for a gold medal?  Have you been in training, just in case it’s added to the next Summer Games?

Perhaps you’ve heard the expression, “to be worried sick.”  Chronic worry physically affects your sympathetic nervous system, causing it to release stress hormones that harm your immune, digestive, and cardiovascular systems.  Is what you’re distressed about worth having a heart attack over? 

No one has ever added one day to their lives by worrying.  There are no statues erected to famous worriers.  There are no awards given for expertly tormenting yourself.  You don’t need to go for the gold in misery. 

Your anguish starts with a thought and that’s the fault of faulty manufacturing.  Next time anxiety rears its ugly head, try making a new thought.  After all, you’re the supervisor in the factory of your mind.  How about mass producing some positive products?  And while you’re at it, discontinue worry. There’s no market for it anyway.

Here’s to quality control!

Gina J