Nov 19 2008
What Is There To Worry?
A lady whose son was flying to Europe for studies approached the Master and said,
“Sir, I am very worried these days.”
Master inquired the cause of her worry.
She said,”My son is flying to Europe for further studies tomorrow.”
Master just smiled a little (there was always a laugh on his lips) and said,
“Well, what is there to worry? Is it his flying or further studies or tomorrow?”
The lady also laughed and said,”Sir, my heart sinks when I think of the dangers of flying.”
Master:”Why not think the comfort, convenience and quick arrival at the destination?”
The Master remarked,”This is how man creates worries for himself.
Ninety-nine-percent of our worries are self created and quite groundless.”
He quoted a line from Shakespeare,
which says that the dread of a coming misfortune makes us more miserable
than the actual misfortune,
which may come or may not come at all.
Maharaj Jagat Singh, The Science of the Soul
