Worry is a Fatal Disease

Value: Right Attitude

Sub-Value: Optimism

Death was walking toward a city one morning, and a man asked, “What are you going to do and where are you going?”

“I’m going to take 100 people by evening,” Death replied.

“That’s horrible!” the man said.

“That’s the way it is,” Death said, “That’s what I do.”

The man hurried to warn everyone, he could, about Death’s plan.

As evening fell, the man realized 1000 people had died.

He met Death again. “You told me you were going to take only 100 people,” the man said. “Why did 1,000 die?”

“I kept my word,” Death responded, “I only took 100 people. Worry took the others.”

Worry is, and always will be, a fatal disease of the heart, for it signals the end of faith.

Release the regrets of yesterday, refuse the fears of tomorrow and receive instead, the peace of today.

Do not allow worries and work pressures inside your home. Once you enter your home, simply let go and let God take over.

Live this way and be eternally blessed.

Learning

Let us be happy and optimistic with what we have.

Worrying is a waste of time and it doesn’t change anything. All it does is steal your joy. If we learn to let go and allow God to take over our problems, we will be able to face situations with ease and thereby remain peaceful.

(Source: SSSIE-Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Educare)

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