Worrying about Worrying

Why?  Why do we worry about things of which we have no control?

I worry because

 - Ms. Lady and I saw our insurance bill go up 90% from last year because of Katrina.
 - my oldest daughter is now a home owner and I can't help her right now.
 - one of my friends is dying of cancer and I don't know what to do besides pray.
 - Little Guy is growing up and I'm getting old.
 - my immediate family seems more and more closed-minded as they get older.
 - I'm not sure I can be the teacher my students need me to be.
 - I get to see my favorite of people in the whole world only twice more, then our time together is over.

Learning to cope with one's demons is a life-long process, I know.  But this is the one demon that seems to get the best of me on a regular basis: the worry demon.

Don't get me wrong.  I have no problem sleeping at night.  Ms. Lady says I fall asleep before my head hits the pillow.  I say it's because I work so hard (yeah, right...).

Still, this worrying thing CANNOT be good for the heart or the soul.  So, I've decided to stop worrying about worrying.  Instead, I'll take that teacher's advice I heard a while back:

26 Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

27 And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life?

Matthew 6:26-27