All you need is...worry

All you need is.....worry.

A favourite drinking game at college was to substitute one word for another in a film title.One particular night the word was Reg and we focussed on Bond films. "The Reg who loved me", "For Reg's eyes only" etc. It is amazing the difference one word can make and how this simple game was the source of so much laughter to a bunch of drinking students.

How appropriate does it feel to substitute the word worry for love? Can you imagine John Lennon and Paul McCartney whooping as they hit upon the lyric "All you need is worry...". Think of some other blockbusters, "The Power of Worry" by Huey Lewis and the News. Phil Collins "You can't hurry worry" . Or do you fancy partying with the B-52s at the "Worry Shack" ?

However incongruous this sounds, it is actually the way we conduct ourselves in many crucial areas of our life. The Parenting With Grace and Ease Telecall highlights six Mindsets which will change your perspective, not just on parenting but, on life. One of those Mindsets is WORRY IS NOT LOVE.

The energy of worry is very far removed from the energy of love. The two feel as incoherent as the song titles sound. Worry takes you out of present time and separates you from your power. It is also contagious and undermines confidence. The remarkable thing is that worry is often mistaken for love, especially in parenting.

Perhaps the most extreme example of this I have seen was when a parent genuinely epxressed "the worry that she wouldn't have anything to worry about once she had stopped worrying about her daughters." An incredible admission but I suspect a strangely commom view of life.

NOW IS NOT A GOOD TIME TO WORRY

I have just listened to the excellent Alison Chester Lambert's thoughts on OCTOBER and for those astrologers amongst you she points out that the antagonistic angle between Pluto and Uranus is generating some high powered energies which leave us feeling as if we are "walking on eggshells which are scattered on a hot in roof", and although there are many healing aspects to October's energy, change is a theme and there is the potential to feel unsettled.

This presents both challenge and opportunity. Moving into familiar patterns and behaviours are unlikely to provide much comfort. It seems that change is going to happen whatever, and it is just a question of how you embrace it. My suggestion is that you embrace that change with excitement and possibility rather than anxiety and fear.

As I keep repeating (to myself in particular) the energy with which you engage in every moment will turn into your experience faster than ever. I suggest you choose LOVE rather than WORRY.