Start with the observation
Anxiety grows when we feel responsible for managing an unpredictable future with our severely limited strength.
Follow the reasoning
- A passenger on an ocean liner who insists on carrying their heavy luggage on their own shoulders throughout the voyage only exhausts themselves in vain.
- The ship carries both the passenger and the baggage effortlessly; trusting the ship brings immediate rest.
- Surrendering what we cannot control to the All-Wise Creator does not mean passivity; it means acting with diligence while casting our heart's burden upon the Infinite.
A passage to hold beside it
“By acknowledging one ultimate Source, a person is liberated from the crushing demands and fear of countless temporary masters.” 1
Read plainly
Do your duty, then place the outcome in the hands of the One who steers the stars. Peace is knowing you are carried.
Try observing this
Identify the heaviest worry currently on your shoulders. Mentally place it upon the ship of Divine Providence.
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