wanderlust.

[drydreams]

I wanna be soft with someone and not regret it after

[quotemadness]

“You know when, sometimes you meet someone so beautiful, and then you actually talk to them and five minutes later, they’re as dull as a brick? Then there’s other people, and you meet them and you think, ‘Not bad; they’re okay.’ And then you get to know them, and their face sort of becomes them, like their personality is written all over it. And they just turn into something so beautiful.”

— Amelia Pond

[lifeafterpsychiatry]

If you lost your teenage years to mental illness and/or trauma, I just want you to know that you did not "miss out on the best years of your life" and that it isn't actually too late for you to have fun, explore yourself and grow into the person you want to be. There's still plenty of time for all of that. I promise.

[mentalhealth]

same goes for your 20s

[suspend]

[hatin]

“Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed”

— Friedrich Nietzsche (via neckkiss)

[anxietyproblem]

[elpatron-delmal]

A lot of people have the wrong idea about me and I have no desire to clear shit up.

[holybeings]

it’s all going to work out better than we imagine

[st-pam]

8:40am // On my way to school, one of the best bike rides I’ve ever had!

[amargedom]

[myfairynuffstuff]

[quotefeeling]

“Being willing is not enough. We must do.”

— Leonardo da Vinci

[herdirtylittleheart]

You shouldn’t have to ask someone to be thoughtful of you. That’s what loving someone is. Gestures and words and actions that show you, over and over, that you are on their mind and in their heart.

[depression-healthy-carrier]

I desperately want to talk to someone about everything but I really don't want to talk to anyone about anything

[minuty]

“One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.”

—

[flwrrpwrr]

sometimes a disconnect is necessary. even from the ppl u love. don’t feel guilty for wanting to be alone for a bit, to recharge or find yourself again. always prioritize your self.

[craigtowens]

Worry unlearned

The word worry originated with shepherds. When a wild dog or a wolf had killed a sheep by grabbing it by its throat and choking it to death, the shepherds said that sheep had been worried to death.

In modern times, researchers at Purdue University found that worrying can chop 16 years off of someone’s life. Not only does worry rob your life of years, but it can also rob your years of life.

What exactly is worry? Fear is our natural response to real threats, like a car heading toward you in your lane of traffic. Worry is our response to perceived threats (to unseen things), like the car that may head toward your kids’ car when they are driving.

Get this clear: worry is being fearful of the unseen.

Compare that to the Bible’s definition of faith: Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. Worry and faith both operate in the unseen dimension.

Fear is innate, but worry is learned.

Faith is worry unlearned. 

Worry tells your brain a story about bad things that may happen.

Faith tells your brain a story about good things that should happen. Based on what you’ve already experienced of God’s power, what you’ve already seen in God’s provision, or what you already know of God’s promises, your faith in God can help you unlearn your worry.

The prophet Jeremiah tended to be a worrywart. Maybe that’s why he’s been called the “weeping prophet.” But in the middle of his worrying, he unlearns his worry by using his faith to tell a different story about God’s provision, power, and promises:

I well remember [the bad things], and my soul is downcast within me. Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for Him.” 

Did you notice that Jeremiah talked to himself? He wrote, “I say to myself.” If you have a tendency to worry, it’s time to start talking to yourself and telling yourself a different story. Instead of being fearful of the bad things you cannot see, why not be hopeful of the good things of God you can see?

Let your faith in God help you unlearn your worry. You can overcome worry and anxiety by telling yourself a new faith-filled, hope-oriented story. You can recall God’s faithfulness in the past, and apply it to your current circumstance.

What stories are you telling yourself today? Share with others how you overcame, or are in the process of overcoming worry now. Your faith story will help others overcome and unlearn their worry too.