“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.”
-Dale Carnegie
Kabir – The couplet
चिंता ऐसी डाकिनी, काट कलेजा खाए ।
वैद बेचारा क्या करे, कहा तक दवा लगाए ॥
Transliterated:
Chinta aisi dakini, kaat kaleja khaye |
Vaidh Bechara kya kare, kahan tak dava lagaye ||
Translation:
Says Kabir – worry is such an insidious disease, eats away at the mind |
What medicine can the poor physician prescribe or apply, to an entity that is not corporeal ||
My understanding:
On a daily basis, we tend to worry – about everything. We start with worry getting out of bed – what does the day hold for us? From there it is the rest of everything that the day can put in front of us – from the mundane to the very complex. We worry about ourselves, our partner, our friends, our family, our children, our job, our live and everything else around and more.
This worry blinds us to the reality around us, replacing it with its own painted view of everything – blinding us to the simple joys that abound every moment and every space we come in contact with. And this takes away the ability to love, learn and enjoy – replacing them with dread, ignorance and a constant heavy feeling in the pit of the stomach. None of which are treatable by any medicine for the body – for malaise is not with the body, but rather the non-corporeal mind…
The only way to kill this dreadful malaise is to learn to accept, center ourselves and teach ourselves to be always calm – for then we see everything in its true self and not through the tinted glasses of worry! And just this little effort will energize our entire journey through life and make life a fulfilling saga – rather than a drudgery!