The key to freedom from worry is making plans. People are afraid to make plans because they are afraid they will fail. They are afraid their plans will lead them to disaster. But, actually, planning protects you from disaster. And planning makes you happy. Making a plan is just like achieving something. Plans are almost by definition unachievable. It's like, when you make a plan, you have already failed. But it's like you have already succeeded, too. When you have that big, beautiful plan in your heart, you get the same warm feeling you get when you actually accomplish something. And then you can go about your day to day business, staying alive, having fun, taking care of stuff, and advancing your plans just a little, or even not at all, but working on them, nevertheless.
You will never be free from worry. Worry is just another thing you need to deal with and process. It's like a guard rail, protecting you from going over the cliff. Taking the turns of life, measure your distance from worry, and bounce off of it back onto the road of day to day work on your beautiful plans.
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