And the thing about worrying is, first of all, worry itself is your decision to give food to the mind and keep it occupied. On top of this, each person thinks that only he has got a lot of worries and that only he is unhappy, and everyone else is very happy! But the strange thing is, every one on this planet Earth feels that he or she is the most unlucky, unhappy person! How is this possible?
A small story:
In a certain kingdom, it came to the king’s notice that everybody in his kingdom was depressed, because each person felt that they had the maximum worries, and no one else had any worries.
So the king announced a ‘Worry Exchange Offer’, where people could bring in their big worries, and exchange it for someone else’s small worries.
A big space was made ready, and in the center of it a huge Worry Pot was placed.
Anybody who wanted, could come and dump his own worries inside it, and pick up any other worries they wanted. Only thing, they had to pick up some worries.
The whole kingdom gathered for the event.
The people moved around and met each other and started talking to each other about their worries.
After a long time, the event was declared open for the worry exchange.
A lot of time passed and not a single person came forward to drop their worries in the pot!
After all that interaction, everyone thought that their own familiar small worries were much better than the others’ worries!
I tell you: Most of the time, we talk in the air without getting down to the actual facts. If we get down to the bottom of our so-called worries, we will understand that we are simply magnifying things that are not so bad at all.
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This excerpt has been taken from the book: Guaranteed Solutions.
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