Stress, anxiety, and worry have become part of our everyday existence and our everyday lingo. Despite the fact that we all know that worrying is a waste of time, stress can make you sick, and anxiety needs to be managed, we all still continue to allow stress, worry, and anxiety to take over our lives, as if we are powerless to change them. Today, it is time to acknowledge that you do not need to be constantly stressed or worried, even if your ego tells you that your worrying is doing something to an already tenuous experience. It is time to acknowledge that worrying and stressing are a waste of time and will eventually make you physically sick. For you see, chronic stress is hazardous to your health and can lead to early death from heart disease, cancer and other health problems. And it turns out it doesn't matter whether the stress comes from major life events or minor problems; both can be deadly. And it may be that it's not the stress from major life events like divorce, illness, and job loss trickling down to everyday life that gets you; it's how you react to the smaller, everyday stress that, in the end, will make you physically sick! Today, give yourself permission to stop worrying and to find ways to minimize or eliminate all the stress that keeps you up at night or your nerves revving all day. Today, you can choose to stop wasting your time worrying. You can choose to be in the moment and trust the one following it. You can’t always control what tomorrow or your future will look like, but you can know that more often than not, it will lead to something good if you are genuinely open to what the uncertainty of the future can bring you. Today, know that on the other side of worry, there’s trust. You can't always trust in specifics, but you can trust in yourself and you can trust in Life. Choose to release all your need to control. Choose to let go of the worry and stress you have been holding onto. Choose to live in this present and choose to trust.

Just for today, I choose to trust in divine timing. I choose to let go of my need to worry. I now trust that everything is working out for my highest good. And so it is.