MY DEFAULT BUTTON IS STUCK ON WORRYING!
Can you believe you were taught to worry?
Do you remember your parents saying things like...
~ "You can’t have that"
~ "Money doesn’t grow on trees(in fact I say this to my husband all the time), ~
~ "We can’t afford that"
~ "Save your pennies and maybe someday you can buy that"
I SPEND WAY TO MUCH TIME and ENERGY WORRYING!
Dr. Karl Pillner talked with a group of senior citizens and their #1 regret was wasting time worrying.
What do you worry about?
~ Money!
~Your kid’s safety!
~ Will you die in a plane crash?
~What happens when my kids graduate from high school and leave home?
Does any of this sound familiar?
Money is a HUGE TRIGGER and WORRY for me. Money has always brought me safety and security and the minute I feel LACK the DEFAULT BUTTON GETS TRIPPED.
DEFAULT: The minute a bill comes in or I have to look at my checking account. I get highjacked by the thoughts of where is the money going to come from, we don’t have a money tree int he back yard, what if I don’t have enough to pay for everything this month..ugh there is never enough.
Guess what I have discovered that my worrying won’t actually pay the bills, won’t bring in more money and of course, worrying won’t solve anything!
It just keeps me on the perpetual state of high stress and on the edge.
It also robs me of enjoying the PRESENT MOMENT.
This is difficult for me because if I relax into JOY I have to be VULNERABLE!
If I can simply say to myself what can I be grateful for in this MOMENT or what do I want to REMEMBER it makes a HUGE shift in my brain.
According to neuroscientist Alex Korb your brain chemistry changes and releases dopamine when you are grateful.
The next time you feel the dEFAULT BUTTON GETTING TRIGGERED shift into WHAT CAN I BE GRATEFUL FOR OR ENJOY IN THIS PRESENT MOMENT!
"Life is Amazing. And then it’s awful. And then it’s amazing again. And in between the amazing and the awful, it’s ordinary and mundane and routine. Breathe in the amazing, hold on through the awful and relax and exhale during the ordinary. That’s just living. Heartbreaking, soul-healing, amazing, awful, ordinary life. And it’s breathtakingly beautiful." LR Knost
#OUT~LAW #WITHERSWHISPER