Wadded Thoughts

TODAY'S QUOTE:
A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.
Charlotte Bronte

We lose sleep whenever our mind becomes over cluttered with wadded up notions, but slumber is the least we pay for wallowing in negative thoughts. Whole portions of our lives are misspent doing something that demands a great amount of both time and energy, with no hope of any worthwhile return on our investment. Worry is a thief that steals sleep, invades dreams, and ruins health, without ever furnishing a solution to whatever is being endlessly mulled over. Once it gets complete control of the quiet times its roots extend themselves, until there is no portion of the day safe from its greedy possession.

Stress is the king of all silent killers! The mind fills with destructive images, and the body rebels. Each worry is made up of tiny fragments of, "what ifs" as sharp as broken glass... keep sending them in endless circles and the damage becomes permanent. Some strain is unavoidable; to live is to combat and overcome, or be doomed to constant misery from lack of trying. But nothing can change some dilemmas, making altering our own attitude the only sane defense we have. If it can be fixed, repair it... if it cannot then at least wait and see what the reality is, before giving it any negative energy that it may not even demand.

Why fret about possible outcomes of situations that have not yet happened, and perhaps never will? If it is bound to occur it will, slowing its decent or stopping its happening at all is never accomplished by standing on a mountain of worry. That only makes it slam into you sooner, and being exhausted from mountain building leaves little energy for real damage control.  

Why brood over reality, as if it can be altered or remolded simply with the force of our mind? Whatever it is... it is what it is... accepting that will always un-wad a bunched up brain. Life is what we make of it, and that includes a large portion of how we process our thoughts and control our emotions. Allowing worry to weigh down the baggage makes the trip a struggle, when it should always be an adventure. Think about it... Let it ride... Then decide!!!