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Dear Wonderful One:

Well, here we are in a New Year.  Happy New Year to you all.

Does my salutation "dear wonderful one" make you wonder who I am addressing?  It is you!  Please note what you say to yourself when you read that.  Is it an acknowledgement that "finally someone recognizes who I am", or is it "oh, I have too many faults to be seen as a "wonderful one"? Please consider that you are a masterpiece, made by a Master.  If you had a treasure, how would you treat it?  Would you enjoy it and honor it?  If so, focus on what you do like about you, and if there are areas that you consider "negative", would you like to change them without hating them? How can you be more loving to that treasure called "you", in ways that are healthy and beneficial to you and the people in your world?

Having said the above, on a somewhat different note, I've been made aware of Worry and how many people let that become an ogre to prevent joy in their lives.

Does worry sometimes help?  Does it have a positive place in your world?

Would you be willing to let go of worry if you could?

If so, having paper and pen at hand,  set aside a few quiet moments to ask yourself:

When has it been of benefit?   

Write down any thoughts that come to you.

Next:  Ask yourself, then write down what comes to you,as to how it has been detrimental?

Write down any thoughts that come to you.

 Next:

What would you like the worry  to accomplish?

(There is always some belief that what we are doing is going to be of benefit, or we wouldn't keep doing it.)

Sometimes it is habit too.

Worry can be as simple as the belief that it wards off bad things happening.  Sometimes worry  becomes something like rocking in a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but doesn't get you anywhere.

Next:

Visualize Worry, what it looks like, does it have a shape, a color?  What name would you like to give it? How old were you when it was born?  What was going on in your life at that time?

Ask worry what it wants you to know now.

Don't kill it, but think about another function it could have to help you.  It was born initially when you were not as knowledgeable or experienced as you are now.

Does it know you have money, keys in your pocket or purse, how old you are now?

The belief that lies behind your worry is important to become aware of.  Is it true?  Was it true at one time, but not now?  Did it help you survive at an earlier time, but be killing some part of you now?

How can you and worry be allies?

If you would like to find more joy in your life and move forward to enhance your life and relationships  I would feel privileged to hear from you. 

Warm Regards,

Dr. Val