Tagged: worry
“The ‘what-ifs’ and the ‘should-haves’ will eat your brain.” -John O’Callaghan, tweet
“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.” – A.A. Milne
“Fret not where the road will take you. Instead concentrate on the first step. That’s the hardest part and that’s what you are responsible for. Once you take that step let everything do what it naturally does and the rest will follow. Do not go with the flow. Be the flow.” -Elif Shafak, Forty Rules of Love, pg 136
“Try not to resist the changes that come your way. Instead let life live through you. And do not worry that your life is turning upside down. How do you know that the side you are used to is better than the one to come?” -Elif Shafak, Forty Rules of Love
“Always pray to have eyes that see the best in people, a heart that forgives the worst, mind that forgets the load, and a soul that never loses faith in God.” -Unknown
“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.” -Virginia Woolf
“Don’t let your mind bully your body into believing it must carry the burden of its worries.” -Astrid Alauda
“Everyone, at some point in their lives, wakes up in the middle of the night with the feeling that they are all alone in the world, and that nobody loves them now and that nobody will ever love them, and that they will never have a decent night’s sleep again and will spend their lives wandering blearily around a loveless landscape, hoping desperately that their circumstances will improve, but suspecting, in their heart of hearts, that they will remain unloved forever. The best thing to do in these circumstances is to wake somebody else up, so they can feel this way, too.” – Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can’t Avoid
Things to worry about:
Worry about courage
Worry about cleanliness
Worry about efficiency
Worry about horsemanship
Things not to worry about:
Don’t worry about popular opinion
Don’t worry about dolls
Don’t worry about the past
Don’t worry about the future
Don’t worry about growing up
Don’t worry about anybody getting ahead of you
Don’t worry about triumph
Don’t worry about failure unless it comes through your own fault
Don’t worry about mosquitoes
Don’t worry about flies
Don’t worry about insects in general
Don’t worry about parents
Don’t worry about boys
Don’t worry about disappointments
Don’t worry about pleasures
Don’t worry about satisfactions.
-F. Scott Fitzgerald — letter to his 11 year old daughter, 1933
“Whenever you’re worried about what you’re getting, think about what you’re giving, And it will set you free.” -Stephen Chbosky, Twitter
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