Fix those Worries before they Kill You

Worry is like a small stone, when you keep it far away from your eyes it looks verys easy to handle. If you bring it closer it covers the entire world. If you look inside your mind when a worry crops up, you’ll understand what causes the worry and will be able to fix it soon.

As I see it worry arises from a few reasons.

Inability to solve the problem

Procrastination over fixing the cause of the worry

Unnecessary thinking about the problem.

So how does one get out of this rut. First let the worry run inside your head. Feel frustrated or disgusted? Feel it without fighting it. If you fight it by denying, arguing against, ranting against, sulking or running away from it, then it just gets bigger and worse for you to handle.

Accept that something is causing you endless worry. Now try to figure out what triggers the worry. Is it money, people, some fear, inability to resolve it or your mind’s habit of always thinking about the negative side of things.

List down the triggers. Prioritize the activities to do to help fix the cause of the worry. Take one small activity and complete it. Before moving on to the next.

In the meantime, do not react to worry. Just let those thoughts come about. Don’t judge or revolt. Just be aware of the thoughts. Understand and accept that there’s a problem to overcome. Then work to handle it better.

Act on it. Don’t sleep over it. Ane never react.

Motivational Message on failure

I do not remember that you and I ever met personally. I write this now as a grateful acknowledgment for the almost inestimable service you have done the country. I wish to say a word further. When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do, what you finally did --march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and thus go below; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition, and the like, could succeed. When you got below, and took Port-Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought you should go down the river and join Gen. Banks; and when you turned Northward East of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make the personal acknowledgment that you were right, and I was wrong.

Yours very truly

Abraham Lincoln to Ulysses S. Grant

The Buddha Who Did Not Walk on Water - Motivational Story

One day the Buddha and his disciples walked to the riverside. On reaching the banks, they sat down on the grass. And waited for the boat to arrive and ferry them across.

After a while, they saw a sage walking down towards the river. He didn’t wait for the boat to come. The sage simply walked on the waters and reached the shore on the other side.

When the Buddha and disciples were on the boat, there were whispers amongst the disciples. They wondered why the Buddha did not walk on the waters. The Buddha was silent and was lost in the beauty of the river.

“Buddha, they say you’re the enlightened one. You too could have walked on the waters. Why didn’t you do it?” asked one of them.

“I could have walked on the river, but what will you do,” asked the Buddha.

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The Fruit of Obedience - Motivational Story

Once a little boy came to an old monk and begged him to take him as his disciple. The old monk agreed and let him stay in his monastery.

The next day early in the morning the old monk woke up the young boy and after his ablutions took him to the garden.

Planting a seed in the garden, the old monk showed the boy how to water it.

“When will it bear fruit?” asked the boy.

“Be patient,” said the old monk.

And the boy did as told for three years, walking two miles to fetch water for the plant.
In the third year it bore fruit.

“Now taste the fruit of obedience,” said the monk, allowing the boy to pluck a fruit from the tree.

The Proud Archer - Zen Motivational Story

There once lived a young archer who was proud of his skills. Often he taunted other archers and challenged them to do better than him. The archers who had heard of a Zen master’s archery skills asked the young boastful archer to display his wares to the Zen master.

One day they gathered before the master’s home.

Hitting the bull’s eye on a nearby tree, he smiled at the Zen master. Next he split the arrow on the tree with a second shot.

“Can you do better than this?” he posed to the Zen master.

The Zen master smiled and pointed to the direction of the valley and beckoned the young archer to follow him.

The two walked a few miles, climbed the valley and reached a small creaking wooden bridge a hundred feet above the gushing river.

Stepping onto it confidently, the master took his bow out and shot an arrow that hit the bark of a tree on the other side of the valley.

Stepping back to safety, the Zen master said, “Please go ahead and split that arrow.”

The young archer’s legs trembled at the thought of walking up the broken bridge with the river in full flow hundred feet below it. He stood silent.

“Young man, you are only skilled with your bow and arrow but not your mind that lets go of the arrow,” said the master.

25 Very Short Irish Proverbs

The old Irish proverbs are full of wisdom and endlessly motivating. My pick of the best Irish proverbs.

There is light at the end of the tunnel.
Irish Proverb

The mills of God grind slowly but they grind finely.
Irish Proverb

The longest road out is the shortest road home.
Irish Proverb

Rome was not built in a day.
Irish Proverb

You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.
Irish Proverb

The best horse doesn't always win the race.
Irish Proverb

When the apple is ripe it will fall.
Irish Proverb

A dog owns nothing, yet is seldom dissatisfied.
Irish Proverb

The work praises the man.
Irish Proverb

The old pipe gives the sweetest smoke.
Irish Proverb

Castles were built a stone at a time.
Irish Proverb

Even the longest day has its end.
Irish Proverb

A lie travels farther than the truth.
Irish Proverb

You must crack the nuts before you can eat the kernel.
Irish Proverb

Good luck beats early rising.
Irish Proverb

There is no fireside like your own fireside.
Irish Proverb

Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout.
Irish Proverb

What fills the eye fills the heart.
Irish Proverb

A lock is better than suspicion.
Irish Proverb

A kind word never broke anyone's mouth.
Irish Proverb

There is no wise man without fault.
Irish Proverb

Don't postpone a good deed.
Irish Proverb

It's easy to halve the potato where there's love.
Irish Proverb

As the big hound is, so will the pup be.
Irish Proverb

It is a long road that has no turning.
Irish Proverb

Motivational Quote on Success

You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb himself.

Andrew Carnegie