The Small Stuff

Matt Keopke once said, ~ There's a lot of things to think about but not a lot of things to worry about.~ Without a doubt, there's not a day that goes by that each of us are thinking about something and/or someone. Who am I? What am I going to eat? Where will I find a good job? When will I find the right person and get married? Why is the sky blue? How much is the price of gas going to go up or is it going to stay considerably low? Essentially, thinking is part of who we all are as human beings as certain little thoughts cross our mind that have happened in the past, is happening now in the present, or may happen in the future to us that the so called little things we think of become something big to worry about, which isn't good for one's health and well being whatsoever.

Let me ask you this question, what is the one of the things that we tend to generally think about when it concerns our finances? If you said money, you are correct because as individuals sometimes place ourselves in a tight situation by buying things we don't generally need that can literally cost you an arm and a leg. For its one's particular and probably expensive expenditure that inevitably has you tightening your belt, so to speak, to the point a bit of worry sets in as you're looking at the bills on the table. So why do we buy things that we may or may not regret later down the road? What it primarily comes down to is our vanity and lust for the things that will supposedly make us not only look good, but also feel good as well.

When it comes to being a parent, you're always thinking about the safety and well being of your kids to where it will drive you nuts. There are countless thoughts that run through a parent's mind when its about one's own kid(s) such as: Will he/she stay away from drugs? Is he/she having sex? Is he/she getting a great education? Will he/she marry the right person? If you are a parent or are going to be a parent, those thoughts and others like it can not only worry you, but they can also scare you to death because you can't stop them from growing up and keep them the age you want them to be. For the most part, all a parent can ever do is try to teach and instill in them Godly values in hopes they grow up to be responsible enough to make the right decisions for the sake of their own future.

For the question can be asked, how many of you love someone or fall in love with someone? I think we would all be in agreement that love is always in our thoughts, which are stored within your heart for someone who is considered truly special in your eyes. Yet, there comes a point where you start wondering about certain things and women, more so than guys, ask a lot of questions within their own mind when it involves a guy who she may be potentially in love with or is absolutely in love with. Questions such as: Will I always be able to trust him? Will he always treat me with respect? Will he always be there whenever I need him even without me asking? Will he never hurt me? It’s questions like these, as well as, many more that can make a woman totally freak out that she can and will start crying.

In retrospect, the thoughts we tend to focus on that make us worried seem to have an oftentimes overwhelming control over us. In some aspect, you can become a totally neurotic person who constantly worries about every single thing, somewhat like actor/director/writer Woody Allen. In any case, we've all been in or in a situation now where something or someone has you so wound up that you either feel agitated, angry, nervous, edgy, or all the above that you start sweating because of the stress it's personally putting you through. In the end, don't sweat the small stuff because in the whole scheme of things God knows all your big worries that started off as small simple thoughts and be rest assured He is taking care of each and every one of them.