Done

When I was young, I worried about pollution (having been shown gradeschool movies of factories spewing debris into rivers & sky)…

I worried about Killer bees, which were slowly making their way to america….

I worried about the whales, and their inevitable extinction.

I worried about the oil that was projected to run out in my early adult years…

and nuclear proliferation…

I worried about earthquakes, especially the “big one” and about California sinking into the sea.

I worried about water, Snowpacks and droughts, and how we’ll ever have enough water with growing population.

when I grew up, I worried about the national debt,

I worried about state budgets, and our city budgets and funding of pension liabilities.

I worried about School budgets…

I worried about my own budget.

I worried about Social Security going away.

But you know what?  All that time and wasted energy spent worrying has amounted to nothing.  Everything seems to work itself out…

More oil has been found, water has continued to fall from the sky, and those killer bees even arrived with little fanfare.

Why are we made to worry about so much?  Especially about things beyond our control…to whose benefit is all this worry?  Worry creates uncertainty, and desperation…and when people are uncertain and desperate they accept the bromides and easy answers that they’re sold.  Worry is a tool of control.

But I’m done.

With clear eyes, I look back on my days and see that every single moment I’ve been alive, every second of every day, God has provided.  I’ve always had food, clothes, shelter, safety, the love and caring of a family, friends…all this and much more than I can ever count.

So I will trust God, and not give credence to the hysteria of the world.  I’ll use my God-Given insight and wisdom to know what I should be concerned about, and I’ll ask God for guidance, strength and his continued blessing.  I won’t be controlled.

I’m done.