Letting Go of Worry and Anxiety
‘Worrying is using your imagination to create something you don't want.’ – Abraham Hicks
It only takes one event to turn out badly to ‘prove’ that things go wrong, and that you were ‘right’ to worry.
Certainly, worrying can be helpful when it spurs you to take action and solve a problem. But worrying on its own doesn't improve a situation. Worrying will not help you think clearly or help you deal with a potential problem.
Worry drags you out of the present moment and into an unknown future, allowing unrelenting doubts, fears and negative possibilities to overwhelm your mind and paralyse you.
Mindfulness can ...
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