“When I look back on all these worries I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which never happened.”…..Winston Churchill
More often than not we worry, we worry about what we will eat, wear and even what other people think about us. Every human being has unconsciously programmed his/herself to worry about the past, the present and the future, most of which we do not have authority over, why then do we worry?
An author describes two days that we should not worry he says : There are two days in every week about which we should not worry, two days which should be kept free from fear and apprehension. One of these days is Yesterday with all its mistakes and cares, its faults and blunders, its aches and pains.
Yesterday has passed forever beyond our control.
All the money in the world cannot bring back yesterday. We cannot undo a single act we performed; we cannot erase a single word we said. Yesterday is gone forever. The other day we should not worry about is Tomorrow with all its possible adversities, its burdens, its large promise and its poor performance; tomorrow is also beyond our immediate control.
Tomorrow’s sun will rise, either in splendor or behind a mask of clouds, but it will rise.
Until it does, we have no stake in tomorrow, for it is yet to be born. This leaves only one day, Today.
Any person can fight the battle of just one day. It is when you and I add the burdens of those two awful eternities Yesterday and Tomorrow that we break down.
It is not the experience of Today that drives a person mad, it is the remorse or bitterness of something which happened yesterday and the dread of what tomorrow may bring.
We have no control of what the universe has in stock for us, what we do have is the control over our thoughts ,over our feelings which determines whether or not we are in a state of sadness or a state of happiness .
Well before you kill your self with worry did you know?
Beethoven – Beethoven’s music teacher told him he was a hopeless composer.
Colonel Sanders (creator of Kentucky Fried Chicken) – was told “No” by over a thousand restaurants for more than a year while he lived in his car trying to sell his chicken recipe.
Thomas Edison – I’m sure you’ve heard of Thomas Edison and all the inventions he created. He’s actually known as one of the most prolific inventors in history holding 1,093 U.S. patents as well as a lot of patents in the UK, France and Germany. When Thomas was 4 he was sent home from school with a note. The note told his mother that he was to remove his son from school because he was “too stupid to learn”. Thomas’ mother decided to teach him herself. He only had 3 months of formal schooling yet went on to create numerous inventions like the phonograph. He was also partially deaf in one ear.
Walt Disney – was turned down by over a hundred banks when he tried to get funding to develop Disneyland. He was also fired from his job at a newspaper for “lacking ideas”. He also had several bankruptcies before he was able to develop Disneyland.
Enid Blyton – is a British author who was rejected by publishers 1,000 times. She wrote Noddy, The Famous Five, The Five Find-Outers, The Mystery Series, The Adventure Series, The Secret Seven, Malory Towers, The St. Clare’s series, The Magic Faraway Tree series, The Wishing-Chair series, and hundreds of other books for children.
Abraham Lincoln – check out all the setbacks, challenges and tragedies that Abraham Lincoln had to survive on his way to becoming president of the United States.
George Orwell – most well known for his two books “Animal Farm” and “1984″. Animal Farm was rejected by a number of publishers including one who told him that it was “impossible to sell animal stories in the U.S.A.”. By 1996, Animal Farm had sold 20,000,000 copies and had been translated into 60 languages.
Bill Birdseye – invented frozen foods. He discovered the secret of flash freezing which turned out to create an entire industry. This only happened after he went bankrupt seven times.
