I truly believe one of the major downsides to the uber-glamorous life I lead is the inordinate amount of time I have to think. And worry. For those of you that know me, and I mean REALLY know me, you know that I am the poster child for worry. I worry about worrying. I worry about the most insane-but legitimate to me, things. Things I can control and more than not, things I cannot control. And for someone who is so right-wing OCD and type A, not being in control of things is a difficult pill to swallow (unless chased by large quantities of wine. or vodka. or tequila. you pick, but don't judge). In addition to my worrying, another one of my positive qualities is the need to nit pick every.last.friggin.detail. Ask Big Poppa about that one.
This all leads me to the cryptic title of this post. This past Sunday at mass, I believe the sermon was written for me. Dontcha just love those Sundays? As if God really has been listening to your every thought when you didn't think he was, and then he goes and does something like send you a little message in church!! Uh-mazing, friends. Any-who, the sermon was based around the scripture Matthew 6: 25-34. Take a look at it if you haven't. It's good. Within the sermon, a story was told about a clock that was so worried about missing it's next click, it clicked two clicks every second. Eventually, the clock had a nervous breakdown from worrying and stressing about the number of clicks it was actually clicking in every minute, of every hour, of every day, etc. When it finally saw the psychiatrist, he asked the clock how many times did it need to click every second? The clock replied only one and the psychiatrist then asked why it clicked twice? If the clock knew that it just had to click one every second, there was no need to worry about the number of clicks in the future. Because see, the crap I worry about, stress about, is all crap that hasn't even happened yet. Someone please tell me why I insist on worrying about things that haven't even happened?? Enter the lesson of the week, "Do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will take care of itself.". I love it when the sermon makes me have an "ah-ha" moment. And even better when the scripture in the gospel is just what I needed to hear.
So friends, I leave you a challenge. Don't be like the clock and worry about your clicks in the future. Doing so will only cause you to miss the clicks today. Going forward, it's something I will remind myself of daily.
