Have you ever thought about having your own tree of worries ?, a good place to have all those ideas that cause us agitation, anxiety and anxiety, and that would allow us to analyze them from afar, this would free us from a huge heavy load that we drag on our backs every day, while this affliction increases every moment.
It’s inevitable to worry. Our minds work most of the time on fears and doubts about what we do, we have done and will, yet many people manage to calm these frightening thoughts that sometimes it is so difficult to ignore them. terrible sorrow that accompanies us relentlessly.
- “There are two types of problems: those for which you can do something and those that you can’t.
- Shouldn’t you waste your time on Monday?.
Nothing better to understand how the anxiety tree works than to read this beautiful story that shows a carpenter and his curious boss.
“A wealthy merchant hired a carpenter to restore an old colonial house. Because the merchant was one of those people who liked to have everything under control and feared that the work would be done well, he decided to spend a day at home to see how the works were unfolding.
At the end of the day, he realized that the carpenter had worked hard, despite several setbacks, and to end the day of bad luck, the car also did not want to drive, so the entrepreneur offered to take her home.
The carpenter did not speak all the way, visibly upset and concerned about all the setbacks he suffered during the day, however, back home, he invited the merchant to meet his family and dine, but before opening the door he stopped in front of a small tree and stroked his branches for a few minutes.
When he opened the door and entered the house, the transformation was radical: he seemed like a happy man, dinner unfolded between laughter and lively conversations, at the end of the night, the carpenter accompanied the merchant to the car. passed the tree, asked him:
What’s so special about this tree? Before he came in, he was very upset and worried, but after touching him, he became another man.
Is this the problem tree, also known as the Worry Tree?, replied the carpenter. I’m aware that I can’t avoid setbacks at work, but I don’t have to take my worries home, when I touch their branches, leave the worries there and pick them up the next morning, when I get back to work. What’s interesting is that every morning I find fewer reasons to worry than I left the day before.
Did the wealthy merchant learn one of the most precious lessons of his life that night?
Worries are like walking on an exercise bike. No matter how hard you drive, you’ll never go anywhere. The tree of worries is a ritual that can be practiced through meditation. Breathe when we are most frustrated, find this relaxation that releases our negative feelings. Emotions.
For some people, jogging, walking, or listening to music are best. You choose the shape of your worry tree, where you will hang all that unnecessary weight. It’s like taking your shoes off after a day’s work. You feel relieved.
As the previous fable well teaches, when we put our worries aside and look at them the next day, we realize that we have much less reason to rack our brains. This is because we see them in the distance, cold-minded due to the rest. When we take the time to review everything that concerns us, we realize that it does not have the importance that we had given it.
What to do when there is a hard thought to release?In this situation, it is essential to spend some of our time, which can take between 15 minutes or half an hour. Think about what haunts you so much and think about its origin, the consequences it can have, whether realistic or not, when you’re done I can give you a solution, if you have it, otherwise just reject this concern.
No worries; everything happens, everything changes, everything happens.
Anxiety, anxiety, discomfort? All of this is a thing of the past if you learn to plant your tree of worries today and use it as a trigger for the particular mental dynamics that tree represents. By practicing, you’ll be able to get all this out of your mind. ideas that make you feel so bad and that don’t allow you to live in peace. It is time to set aside anything that does not allow us to enjoy the present.
Images courtesy of Amy Giacomelli.