{"id":581,"date":"2014-04-06T23:47:43","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T03:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/?p=581"},"modified":"2014-04-07T00:09:41","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T04:09:41","slug":"water-under-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/?p=581","title":{"rendered":"Water…under the…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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People call it what they will.\u00a0 Some are troubled.\u00a0 Others get anxious….agonize, overthink, brood, or panic.\u00a0 There are those who lose sleep, get worked up, stress to the max….. or just plain old\u00a0 get in a state.\u00a0 Some never, ever do it at all.<\/p>\n

But… no matter what you will call it… my name for it is…. worry.<\/p>\n

Many of you may or may not know this…. but I do a great deal of worrying.\u00a0 I did a whole big bunch today.<\/p>\n

And it all depends.\u00a0 It could be anything from how long to cook the chicken eggs, or…my brother’s house sliding down a hill, or something like being concerned for the well-being of a friend.<\/p>\n

I get it naturally.\u00a0 My Mom was a big ball of anxiety… and my Dad was a closet worrier.\u00a0 So as you can see… I am built to last in this department.<\/p>\n

I’ve done a lot of work on it too.\u00a0 Meditation, prayer, exercise, education, talking to people, talking to myself…. talking to Sock Monkeys….. BUT…. to no avail.\u00a0 It seems like my brain is wired this way.<\/p>\n

You see, intellectually, I know it does absolutely no good.\u00a0 When the creek is rising and the rain is falling, worrying isn’t going to make the clouds stop pouring.<\/p>\n

When the bases are loaded and the number four hitter is coming up to the plate…. worrying is not going to change the outcome.<\/p>\n

It serves no good purpose.\u00a0 Yet still…. I keep it with me like a trusty sidekick.\u00a0 Always there… right by my side.<\/p>\n

I am convinced that WORRY is the worst of the four letter words… but it has a Y stuck on the end of it.\u00a0 Why.\u00a0 Why.\u00a0 Why.<\/p>\n

I DO change it up a little bit.\u00a0 When I am hungry, and worrying… I stew.\u00a0 OR when I am playing the guitar, and worrying… I fret.\u00a0 Around a big family or clan, and worrying…. I brood.<\/p>\n

And now you know it.\u00a0\u00a0 I’ve shared yet another personal pitfall of mine… with all of you.\u00a0 And dang it… that worries me.\u00a0 Just joking.\u00a0 I trust you.\u00a0 ALL of you.\u00a0 I mean…. what are you going to do?\u00a0\u00a0 Post this on Facebook?<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cThere is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever\u201d\u00a0 — \u00a0Mahatma Gandhi<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

(Is anyone else worried that Gandhi said this…..?)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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