Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do but takes you nowhere. file photo | nmg
Summary
- If a problem can be solved, then you don’t need to worry about it; if a problem cannot be solved, then there is no point in worrying about it.
- The more you let your worries take over you, the more power they get to become your master.
- The less you worry, the less complicated life becomes for you: As they say, worrying does not take tomorrow’s troubles but they for sure take away today’s peace.
- So, stop just worrying, start taking action on how you can solve your problems.
Once an unhappy young man came to an old
master and told him he had a very sad life and asked for a solution.
The old master instructed the unhappy young man to put a handful of salt
in a glass of water and drink it.
“How does it taste?” The master asked. “Terrible,” spat the apprentice.
The
master chuckled and then asked the young man to take another handful of
salt and put it in the lake. The two walked in silence to the nearby
lake and then the apprentice scattered his handful of salt into the
lake.
The old man said, “Now drink from the lake.” As
the water dripped down the young man’s chin, the master asked, “How does
it taste?”
“Good!” remarked the apprentice.
“Do you taste the salt?” asked the master.
“No,” said the young man.
The
master sat beside this troubled young man, took his hands, and said,
“The pain of life is pure salt; no more, no less. The amount of pain in
life remains the same, exactly the same. But the amount of ‘pain’ we
taste depends on the container we put it into. So, when you are in pain,
the only thing you can do is to enlarge your sense of things. Stop
being a glass. Become a lake.”
1. What worries you
masters you: If a problem can be solved, then you don’t need to worry
about it; if a problem cannot be solved, then there is no point in
worrying about it. The more you let your worries take over you, the
more power they get to become your master.
2. The less
you worry, the less complicated life becomes for you: As they say,
worrying does not take tomorrow’s troubles but they for sure take away
today’s peace. So, stop just worrying, start taking action on how you
can solve your problems.
3. Stop worrying about what
can go wrong, get thinking about what can go right: This has been said
many times before. “Look at every problem as an opportunity” and there
for sure is a merit in it. Opportunities come in the guise of problems,
it’s only when you unlock it that you find them.
4.
Sometimes, the easiest solution is for you to take a deep breathe: Life
is too short to spend it regretting and worrying. Let your life have no
regrets, just lessons and no worries, just acceptance. Take a deep
breathe when things are not in your control; a new way or a new solution
might just show up.
5. Worrying is like a rocking
chair, it gives you something to do but takes you nowhere: What’s the
point if it does not help you move forward? You might rather spend time
planning to move ahead than just be stuck where you are. So grab your
moment and take action.
Sri Bharatam is the founder
of Kuza Biashara Limited, a capacity building organization coaching
youth & SME owners across Africa. He can be reached @Sbharatam or
Sri@Kuza.One
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