This document discusses worrying and offers spiritual advice about not worrying. It provides several quotes and perspectives on worrying. It suggests that [1] worry is a choice we make that gives energy to something negative, [2] the world needs compassion more than it needs more worry, and [3] to answer the call to love and compassion instead of worrying in order to bring more peace to the world.

1. People
gather
bundles of
sticks to build
bridges they
never cross.
~Author Unknown

2. We are going
to challenge
ourselves to
take on a
spiritual
principle of
not worrying.

3. Briefly lets remind
ourselves…
why we shouldn’t
worry.
“If your eyes are
blindly be your
worries, you can
not see the
sunset.”
Jiddu Krishnamurti

4. Once you
accomplish the
task of putting
aside worrying…
then something
occurs to you…
should I be
worried that I’m
not worrying
enough?

5. Let us move on to a
place of talking
about more than just
our own worrying
about ourselves and
circumstances… and
consider as a
spiritual principle -
the power of not
worrying.

6. And imagine what
we could offer the
world in that
spiritual place…
“Worry is an
addiction that
interferes with
compassion”
~Deng Ming-Dao

7. And imagine what
we could offer the
world in that
spiritual place…
“Worry is an
addiction that
interferes with
compassion”
~Deng Ming-Dao

8. Worry is a choice
we make.
A choice we
make to give our
energy to
something
negative.

9. That the birds of
worry and care fly
over your head,
this you cannot
change, but that
they build nests in
your hair, this you
can prevent.
~Chinese Proverb

10. There are lots
thing to worry
about
choose not to
worry about
them….
And don’t worry
that you aren’t
worrying enough

11. We have replaced
action and compassion
with worry. And thus
become convinced that
worry itself is an
action, that it’s the
smart thing to do… that
we are bad parents,
bad planners,
unaware of reality,
less intelligent,
if we do not worry.

12. But think of what
you are putting out
there….
More worry….
worry is contagious,
do you actually
need to add more
worry to your life?

13. Beware of worriers or
people who feed your
fears. Be aware of the
fact that your worrying
can impact your
children and others
around you. Don’t
spread your worrying.
“If things go wrong,
don't go with them.”
~Roger Babson

14. The world does
not need more
worry… the world
needs
compassion….
Take on the
spiritual task of
having compassion
for people around
you.

15. Now I’ve already
got you worrying
about your ability
to do that….
Here’s some
advice..

16. “I keep the telephone of my mind
open to peace, harmony, health,
love and abundance.
Then, whenever doubt, anxiety
or fear try to call me, they keep
getting a busy signal
- and soon they'll forget my
number.”
~Edith Armstrong

17. Stop answering the
call to worry…
Answer the call to
love, to accept those
around you…to feel
compassion and thus
to bring to the world
the peace it so
desperately needs.

18. If you want to learn more
about compassion
Check out :
http://charterforcompassion.org/