Nobody loves problems and everyone wants happy and stress free life. But failures and problems are inevitable in every person’s life. Successful people use these problems and failures as stepping stones to achieve wonderful things in life (Abraham Lincoln) while ordinary people keep on worrying about their and ruin their health and some may even commit suicide.  First one has to recognize that problems and failures are part and parcel of one’s life. Real joy in life lies in solving those problems. Positive thinking and self confidence helps in facing these difficulties. Those who lack self esteem and belief in their abilities succumb to those difficulties by keep on worrying about them. Just imagine the life without problems and   Cause for worry:  Man’s usual nature is “fretting, furring and fearing” about the future, as well as, about the fast, also worrying about his career and financial problems in day-to-day life, etc.  Effects of worry on mind and body:  1. Mental tension, high blood pressure and heart attacks,  2. Rheumatism (fever and pains in the joints)  3. stomach aches (peptic ulcers)  4. Common cold  5. Thyroid problems (goiter)  6. Diabetes (due to less secretion of insulin hormone)  7. Worry shortens our life-span, etc.  How to overcome worry?  1. Find out the causes for the worries and then stop worrying.  2. Face the facts and don’t run away from them.  3. Do something to restore peace to your mind.  4. To solve your problems, apply the magic formula of “Rudyard Kipling”. The formula is very simple … [Read more...]