what is a worry ?
Worry
is a feeling you are experiencing now
as a feeling in your body
as a result of a thought you have just had
about something that may or may not happen
that thought was followed by a thought that involved you
and then perhaps another thought
and with each thought
the muscles in your body tightened up
starting in your stomach
leading up into your chest
making your breath more shallow
depriving your body of oxygen
your heart started beating faster to try to compensate
now your body is reinforcing the thought
that there is something going wrong
some danger to be fended off
it starts to produce the chemicals necessary
for fight or flight
everything is saying that the original thought was true.
But it was only a thought
that appeared briefly in your mind
that you believed it and held in place
from your current way of seeing
but that was just one way of looking at it
that’s all
like
touch wood
for good luck
thoughts come and go
but you are always here
keep coming back into your here and now
how does that feel, now ?
