Worry is addicting

“For each headache you face, ask yourself, ‘Is this mostly real or mostly imagined?’ Solve the real problems, release the imaginary ones.”
–James Clear

“Stop allowing your mind to be a slave, to be jerked about by selfish impulses, to kick against fate and the present, and to mistrust the future.”
–Marcus Aurelius

“Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?”
–Jesus Christ

Worry is everywhere. Social media makes it feel like it’s at an all time high, and rising ever still. 

Within every worry is an opportunity. An opportunity for us to understand what we can’t control. An opportunity for us to accept responsibility for the things we can control. A chance for us to take action—not in a way to hijack the situation or squeeze every drop out of things—but to counteract bad with good. A chance to understand the evil we’re worried about, and to neutralize it with an opposite good.

Worry is addicting. Like many other drugs, it makes us feel alive, while also hampering our ability to act. We must resist temptation to worry—if not for ourselves, for the people around us who benefit from clear minds and good actions.