FEAR

A sense of worry, upset, and fear is especially common at the moment, with the mainstream media spreading fear about different subjects — whether it’s the war in Gaza and Palestine, or issues closer to home such as illegal immigration. There’s a lot of fear being spread across all channels, and for our own personal well-being, it’s important to remember that much of it involves things we cannot control.

As much as we might have opinions about these issues — and that’s perfectly fine — we can’t actually control what’s going on in the wider world. If you think about the fears and worries we have, probably 40% of them are about things we can’t control, 30% are other people’s worries, and 10% relate to illness and health. That only leaves around 20% of our worries as things that might realistically happen in the future.

If we can focus on removing the worry and fear surrounding the things we cannot control, and instead concentrate on what we can control, that will give us more hope, more power, and more strength to get through each day.

So, try to work on identifying which fears are genuine — and face those — while setting aside the ones that belong to others or lie beyond your control. We can still have opinions, of course, but we don’t have to carry the world’s worries on our shoulders.

Hopefully, this has been of some use to you today, and I hope you can join me for the next one. Thanks a lot.