I heard an interesting concept this weekend: Worry is essentially the opposite of prayer. It's a lack of faith in our HP. It is thinking that our own obsessions are a bigger priority for our time than our time spent with our HP. The more time we allow for worrying, the less time we are allowing for prayer and/or meditation and genuine sharing with our HP. When we worry, we are not "letting go and letting God."

After thinking about this, and realizing that I spend waaaay too much of my time worrying about things that I have little or no control over (and realizing that worrying never really makes things better), I thought about this: We never would say to someone: "I'm so sorry to hear your bad news - I will keep you in my thoughts and worries." Or, "Your are certainly in my worries right now," or, "Sending lots of worries your way."

The other day, I spent all day worrying about my tax return. By the time I went to bed, I decided that I was too emotionally and physically tired to devote much time to my nightly prayers and reading, so I quickly offered up a short prayer and then tossed and turned all night worrying about what the next day might bring. Hmm, I don't think that I made a good investment in how I chose to spend my time that day.