{"id":214,"date":"2018-04-26T14:00:02","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T21:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.celestialsanctumparish.org\/blog\/?p=214"},"modified":"2018-04-25T23:36:45","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T06:36:45","slug":"cubit-to-stature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celestialsanctumparish.org\/blog\/2018\/04\/26\/cubit-to-stature\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubit To Stature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Worry is as inconsistent with common sense as it is with Christian faith. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew+6%3A34&amp;version=KJV\">Matthew 6:34<\/a> Jesus mentions both today and tomorrow. All worry is about tomorrow, whether about food or clothing or anything else; but all worry is experienced today. Whenever we are anxious, we are upset in the present about some event which may happen in the future. However, these fears of ours about tomorrow, which we feel so acutely today, may not be fulfilled. The popular advice \u2018Don\u2019t worry, it may never happen,\u2019 is doubtless unsympathetic, but perfectly true. People worry that they may not pass an exam, or find a job, or get married, or retain their health, or succeed in some enterprise, but it is all fantasy. \u2018Fears may be liars;\u2019 they often are. Many worries, perhaps most, never materialize.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So then worry is a waste &#8211; a waste of time, thought and nervous energy. We need to learn to live a day at a time. We should plan for the future, of course, but not worry about the future. \u2018One day\u2019s trouble is enough for one day\u2019 or \u2018each day has enough troubles of its own.\u2019 So why anticipate them? If we do, we double them. For if our fear does not materialize, we have worried once for nothing; if it does materialize, we have worried twice instead of once. 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