Worry and Anxiety – a different perspective.

Worry – it is something that many of us do way too much. Anxiety is very common.

Don’t confuse worry with concern. Worry is usually debilitating or dis-empowering in some way.

For some, worry is such a problem that it is a serious dysfunction, causing all kinds of problems.

Whilst worry can increase the likelihood of some of the feared events occurring for example (law of attraction etc), much of what is worried about never happens.

Winston Churchill, the British Prime Minister during most of Word War 2, had this to say:

“When I look back on all the worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which never happened.”

If we are honest, when we look back, we will have to agree that what Winston said is true of own lives so far too.

The key then is to cure the worry. Anxiety is a negative and harmful activity. Some people even worry about whether they can cure their worry! And a select few worry about the worry that they can’t cure their worry – I was once once of them, many years ago.

There are a number of antidotes for anxiety, however it can have a multitude of interlocking causes. Accordingly, remedies are varied (and some involve deep healing), however a good first start is to think carefully and reflectively about what Winston Churchill had to say and apply it as best you can to your own life.

Don’t forget that Winston Churchill had heaps to “worry” about; which would have destroyed lesser men. In fact, he worried so little that at times he placed himself in great danger, much to the alarm of his bodyguard and other security personnel.

Do you think your anxieties are as bad as those which Winston could have had?

Interesting anecdote: There was only ever one time during the war that Winston Churchill’s bodyguard saw Winston go white. It was when, on the most critical day of the Battle Of Britain, Winston Churchill was present at 11 Fighter Group HQ. 11 Fighter Group was responsible for the defence of the south eastern geographical sector of Britain, including London, which bore the brunt of the German Luftwaffe air assault during the Battle Of Britain waged through the summer of 1940. The commanding officer of 11 Fighter Group was Air Vice Marshall Keith Park. During this terrible day, at the height of the battle, Winston Churchill asked Park: ‘What reserves do you have?“. Park’s reply: “There are none Sir“. Churchill’s bodyguard reports that Winston went white at that point. Winston was a former soldier and officer, so he would have had a better understanding than most of the gravity of a situation where you have committed the last of your reserves in combat. As it happened, the British RAF pilots “won the day” and inflicted heavy and unacceptable casualties on the German aggressors. And Winston had nothing to worry about, in hindsight.

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Category: Anxiety