Silly Worries

Today is very hot.
We came out of the church after the Friday worship service and the sun burned on us. Summer here in the UAE could reach a temperature up to 50 deg.C or more. We start sweating from head to toe when we go outside even at night. The date fruit trees start to change color from green to brown. Our Muslim brothers start preparing for Ramadan. And my colleagues start applying for their annual leave. Most expats spend their vacation during this period, including me. But my passport is soon to expire, so last Tuesday I visited our embassy to renew it. It was a disaster. The embassy said that they only accept new applications after 3 weeks. After that it would take another 6 weeks for processing. Oh life. I felt that everyone except me is going away to enjoy their summer vacation. I worried, complained and got upset.

And then I realized that this thing is beyond my control. Sometimes we run our minds with worries and become angry about things which are not even worth thinking.

At work we get stressed when we feel that there is so much we have to finish.

But if we plan we can easily organize our time schedule based on what are most important according to our employers requirement and priorities.

We complain that we have unpleasant work environments.

But if we lose our job we get a bigger worry on how to support ourselves.

So we just have to work hard and compromise until we can move on and find another suitable company.

Financially, we get burdened when our funds are insufficient for our monthly expenses.

But if we can just budget our cash, we can control our expenses, sacrifice some extra entertainments. Spend only for basic needs, cut off loans and credit cards. Do not make 1 dozen children if you can only afford 1. Do not buy a Mercedez if your salary is not enough.

We also worry about other people's business, we think about why people do bad things, why  a person said that or why that person behave like he did, why this happened...etc.

Heck, these things are not our concern. Silly things should be treated the same way. Laugh at it. Because they are just wasting our precious time and reduces our energy. Wipe them out from your system.

Some worries are more serious, these we should not neglect.

Like our health, physical worries needs immediate action,
seeking for medical advise should not be delayed.

If we need to rest then rest. If we need to take medication then take medicine.
There is no choice.

Sometimes we hurt our loved ones.

When our families and friends do not meet our expectations we become disappointed with them. Relationships are important. Take some time to cool down and think how you can satisfy each other's need, most often relationship problems can be solved by mere discussion.

So finally, you yourself can help yourself to everything that worries you.

Life equipped us with many available resources but you already have the best formula to your own problems. So be disciplined and take responsibility.

Birth and Death is final, no one can change it. Then why worry?

Nothing is permanent the world is continuously moving and
every second is one step towards our end.

So do not worry, be happy and just enjoy life.