"I'm so freaking stressed." I sat on the couch bitingt what little was left of my nail. The one I hadn't chisled down to the bone. "About what?" a friend asked. "Oh, never mind." he knew better.

There was so much to worry about, I worried about the priority of the worry subjects. Of course somewhere in the top 5 I placed if I would get a job, and if the people who interviewed me would call me back. Then I worried that if they did call me back, would I even want the job anyway? I mean, what if a better job was waiting that I'd miss out on because I took this one?

And what about the oil leak in my truck? When I got the job, I would have to pay a bunch of bills, of course, but should I get my sterio working, fix my AC, or fix the oil leak first? And what if I didn't have enough money to do any of it? OH my God, and what if I didn't get that job? Should I call them, or would they think I was desperate. And if I got the job, how would I still be able to handle my website business and still have time to go to school, and get off my fat butt and work out once in a while? Not that my butt was fat, but what if it started getting fat from not having time to work out?

I started getting a headache from all the stress. Oh my God, now what do I do if I get a headache? And what if I have a headache tomorrow? I won't be able to do my work, and then I won't get paid at all, and then I won't even be able to pay for AOL...and i won't have time to clean my dishes either!!! That just wouldn't do.

Finally I remembered a verse they had read in Church that made me feel better as soon as I heard it and repeated it to myself 10 times or more: "Don't be worried about anything; but in all things, with prayer and thanksgiving, tell God about your reqests. And the peace of God, which PASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING will comfort your hearts and minds through Christ."
I don't remember the reference, cause I'm not a numbers person, but do any of you know it out there?

Wow, I felt so much better. And then I started accepting and letting go. And my day just got cooler from there. And I got the job, whatddaya know?

From Boo, an accomplished, professional worrier.