all you need to know about worry

what is worry?

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THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM

Everyone has his or her own set of worries! If I ask you what you worry about, you will tell me, 'I don't have a job, that's my worry.' Your neighbor will say, 'My job is my main worry!' Someone else will say, 'My children are my worry.' Another person will say, 'I don't have children, that's my worry!' One person's dream is another person's worry! You will not find any logic in it

What is meant by 'worry'?

Worry arises whenever things are not happening as you want them to happen. It is the discrepancy between your expectations and reality. For example, you feel your son should stay at home with you, whereas he feels he should be by himself, away from you. You feel your salary should be a few thousand dollars more. Your boss feels otherwise. You want to finish your project by a certain time. But things are happening too slowly and it seems an impossible task.

These are all causes for worry. What you want and expect does not match what others want and expect. You continuously expect things to happen in a certain way. Whether it is as big as your career or as small as what time your husband should come home for a meal, you continuously impose your will upon what is happening and worry about it.

Make them aware of the topic of worry. Understand difference between planning and worrying

v What prevents us from being happy?
v What is worry?
v Can we make things better by worrying?
v Can we worry about the present?
v Do babies, toddler or kindergarten kids worry?
v Why do adults worry so much?
v What does hakkunematata mean?
v What are all things we worry about?
v What is planning?
v When do we plan?
v What are all the occasions we plan for? What happens when we are forced to do something?

Plan life efficiently without worrying because worry is the most nonproductive activity.

MATERIALS NEEDED:

Paper (1 each)
Pencils (1 each)
Clock or Watch (optional)

PREPARATION:

Have enough pencils for everyone and 2 small pieces of paper each. If you have a clock, watch or timer have it ready

PRESENTATION:

Talk about what is worry. Ask them what it means to each of them. Worry is just too many negative thoughts causing high inner chatter. And whenever we think something, especially when we are in a rush, we just cause more of that as our negative track is bringing more negativity to us.

PRESENTATION:

Have you ever noticed when you get out of bed in the morning and are feeling upset and grumpy, the rest of the day carries on in the same way unless we do something to stop and look on the bright side. You wake up late one day, begin to hurry!

Afraid of getting more delayed, you can't find the right school clothes, hair is not behaving itself, breakfast takes forever, the car is late, and everything goes wrong and you keep looking at the clock wishing it would stop but it spins faster and faster creating that stressed out worry. By the time you get to your destination, you feel so exhausted. You want to turn around and head home for a nap.

PRESENTATION:

If you would just stop and get on the right track, not worrying about the time, believing everything will work out for the best and planning well, then it will work out!

This is an activity to show a representation of unnecessary worry.

PROCEDURE:

Give each child 1 piece of paper each and a pencil. Ask them to draw something simple but very nice. Tell them to remember what they have drawn!
Now give them another piece of paper and ask them to draw the same picture again in 20 seconds! Countdown and say stop when time is up!
Show the 2 pictures and let them understand how the worry about trying to fit things in the time frame caused the 2nd picture to turn out so messy! When we do something very fast we will land up doing it messy because we are not focusing on the wok but rather worrying about meeting the deadline.
- That's what happens in our lives. If you ever want to make a mess of things, do it very, very quickly and worry that you won't be able to get it done, and it will surely come true.

MATERIALS NEEDED:

Thick pieces of string or rope (1 piece each) Preparation: Have one piece of rope or string ready so that there is enough for all

PREPARATION:

Have one piece of rope or string ready so that there is enough for all.

PRESENTATION & DISCUSSION:

Discuss how worries are caused; we think of one thing and we add on so many worries like more and more knots of tension in our lives. But if we find out the source of the problem, and approach it positively, it will be quickly worked out and ready to untie the knots.

Give everyone a piece of rope and ask them to tie some knots representing things they are worried about. Then ask them to think about how these worries can be taken care of, what is the solution? What can we do to fix the problem? And as they come up with solutions, ask them to loosen the knot by taking a look at it and untying it.

KAILASA's NITHYANANDA RAJAVIDYA GURUKUL

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