It’s almost as though we search for problems to give ourselves stress. The amazing news is that much of what we worry about doesn’t matter at all! Take a look at these statistics about worry:
- 40% of all things that we worry about never come to pass.
- 30% of all our worries involve past decisions that cannot be changed.
- 12% focus on criticism from others who spoke because they felt inferior.
- 10% are related to our health, which gets worse when we worry.
- 8% of our worries could be described as “legitimate” causes for concern.
Isn’t that remarkable?
Fewer than one problem in every ten that we worry about is a real concern. All the others are things that we can learn to see differently or eliminate.
Matthew 6:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself…