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Time is passing. You can sense this. And you’re still worrying about this and that; every-single-day. “But these are serious concerns. You don’t understand. There’s a lot on the line here.” Of course there is. This is the nature of life. And it seems to get all the more serious as the years pass. Have you noticed this trend? And do you think for one second that it’s unique to you? Or that it’s going to stop? And certainly you know there are many who have had it much, much worse; if only because of their birthplace and time in history. If you’re not careful, you could spend your whole life worried and anxious about problems and possibilities. This is no way to live. After all, there will always be something—real or imagined. Life will never be perfect. We are not denying there are serious immediate matters now and then which will be cause for concern. But should you be spending every day insecure and worried, or afraid? Perhaps it’s just that you’ve developed yourself a bit of a bad habit. Yes, perhaps most of your anxiety and worry could simply be a bad habit. Maybe you’ve simply conditioned yourself to be a worrier or just to be too damned serious all the time. Difficulties and struggles in life can do that to a man. It’s very easy to over adapt under duress. And maybe you’ve had enough of it by this point in your life. Perhaps it’s time to just Let Go and Enjoy. Perhaps it’s time to exhale. Let Go. And Enjoy. You Do Have This Choice You do realize, that you do have this choice; to just Let Go and Enjoy your life. There is no one stopping you. You could just decide one day, “That’s it, I’m going to quit walking around with the weight of the world on my shoulders. And I’m going to enjoy my life from now on.” You do have free will and you can control your Perspective. Even serious difficulties can be handled with composure, confidence and ease if you really decide to do so. You could simply make a hardcore decision one day to employ Willing Acceptance to all things external and then take Right Action to the best of your ability. There’s nothing more that anyone could ask of a man. There’s nothing more that you could ask of yourself. And you could also decide to stop worrying about things that might happen in the future. Certainly it’s good to plan and prepare, but at some point you have to decide that fate is fate. If you prepare and it’s not good enough then too bad. You’ll handle that possibility when it occurs. After all, you’re still alive and you’ve made it this far. Let that spark some confidence. You’ve found a way to overcome before, so you’ll simply do so again if need be. Worse case scenario, you fail miserably and have to start over from scratch. You wouldn’t be the first to do so and you won’t be the last. So be it if that’s the case. So let these ideas enter your mind then; that your constant worry is just a conditioned habit and that you can choose to be happy and at ease. And that you can break this cycle and Let Go and Enjoy. You don't need anyone's permission Give Yourself Permission And as ridiculous as it might sound, you don’t need anyone’s permission to be happy. Give yourself permission. Right here and now, I give you permission to give yourself permission. You don’t need your parents’ permission. You don’t need your wife’s permission. You don’t need your big brother’s permission. And you don’t need your Pastor’s permission. It’s your decision and yours alone. And I would also venture to say that none but the Creator Himself wants you to be happy and to relax and enjoy your life. Even if you’ve made mistakes. Even if you’ve done bad things. And even if you’ve hurt people. As broken as this world is, there is still so much goodness and beauty, it only stands to reason that it’s there to be enjoyed. That makes sense doesn’t it? You wouldn’t be able to see it and long for it if it wasn’t supposed to be.