Alright cool, so I think what we're looking at today, we are looking at Friday the 6th of December 2024 and the title of today's reflection is going to be No Worries. Now could you imagine living a life with no worry? Like this is actually, there was a period in my life actually
where I was living with no worries and I'm sure you'll all be able to guess what period that might have been and that was like when I was much younger, when I was a kid, where for the most part, I guess it would
be a very, it would be pretty difficult for me to make something eventful out of the need of going to the toilet or the need of having to play games or the need of having to eat food because that's all I was doing at some point. And living a life with no worries, I guess, is something that we all desire. We start to desire these things more and more the older that we get because of course the older we get the more things we have to worry about. Now unfortunately this is kind of like archaic, I'm just realizing it as I'm talking about
it now because, you know, the things that, you know, I guess 10 year olds didn't really have as much to worry about back then, give or take 20 years ago when I was 10 in comparison to the 10 year olds of today. I feel like the 10 year olds of today have much more to worry about because of the things that I guess we wouldn't have been privy to in our day unless we had the technology to effectively look at it. We couldn't see what the person had to the left or to the right of us unless we were actually physically there. So like I'd go to my friend's house and I'd see that he'd
have like the newest action man gadget or whatever it is. I don't need to leave my house this has this, why don't I have it? And then, you know, which kind of like introduces this idea of lack. But again, I'm kind of like circling away from the whole freaking point and I'm trying to talk a little bit, I'm trying to bring it back to the whole thing about having no worries. The truth of the matter is, for the past couple of days, I've been feeling
unwell mentally and, you know, I'm kind of like coming out of that now feeling a lot better but I'm kind of like realizing as well that, you know, when I kind of like went through my mental spat I was constantly yearning for like you know the relief of all the things that were kind of like bearing down on my shoulders but it's one of those things that you know and I kind of like went downstairs in the shower this morning and I'm gonna promise you there's gonna be a connection here like the thing about you know when I went to
the shower this morning I went to the shower this morning like with a towel on because it was so cold and I was constantly trying to you know keep myself warm and avoid this cold from effectively affecting me. I was very sensitive to it. But then I effectively decided screw this, I can't keep up with it and I just basically took the towel off and I stood in the bathroom cold for quite a while. And the thing is, the lesson that I take away from that is I remember that I feel like peace
to a certain extent, serenity to a certain extent doesn't necessarily exist away from the storm. The storm is effectively a representation of our worries. But peace doesn't come by finding shelter away from the storm but actually finding acceptance and finding a way to thrive within the storm itself, if that makes any sense. It was a situation where as soon as I stood there and I just basically allowed that thing that I was trying to avoid for so long. Eventually I found myself in a position where I was like, actually I'm not even feeling that cold anymore. Effectively the thing that
I was worrying about in my mind wasn't actually as bad as the physical sensation of being cold. Which is why I say, maybe perhaps we are seeking for the wrong thing. We want shelter away from the things that oppress us when really what we should be asking for is strength, what we should be asking for is courage, what we should be asking for is perseverance or the will to persevere. And that's all it is really that I have to say today.
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