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Tuesday, May 17, 2005
What, Me Worry?
The indigenous people of Guatemala have a healthy way to handle worries.
Among a family's possessions is a brightly colored egg-shaped box. Inside are six tiny dolls. If you have a troubling problem, you take out one of the dolls and tell it about what's going on. Then you put the doll aside to carry your burden, and you're free to get on with your day.
If another worrisome thing comes up that day, you repeat the process with another doll. Before going to bed, you gather up all the dolls and replace them in the box. Tomorrow is another day. For tonight, you are able to rest in peace.*
Lacking a Guatemalan trouble box, I'm so glad its lesson is transferrable.
Take one friendly listener, sit a spell and tell your troublesome story. Speak and listen to each other carefully, prayerfully. Maybe you'll find a good way to deal with the problem. Yea!
If not, your friend now shares the burden, halving your load of woe. You can get on with your day in confidence you're not alone.
All this is terribly timely for me today.
My wife Joanne has been in the hospital for a week with three distinct problems. Sinus infection, pneumonia, and diabetes. All of them are new since this year began. This test and that, for seven days running, have failed to nail down exactly how to cure the pneumonia and resolve the other problems.
Do I worry? Well, is the pope German?
But I don't need a Fed Ex shipment from Guatemala.
For the time being, I've got even better help. Today I'm thanking God for my church family, my flesh and blood family, and my many many friends who've sat a while, listened intently, massaged my heavy heart. They -- you -- set me free for an honest day's work of doing the same in Jesus' name.
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*I found this story in Steve Goodier's LifeSupport System newsletter. Check it out at http://www.lifesupportsystem.com.
posted by Jack Buckley at
11:48 AM
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