What are you worried about today? Are you worried about something that happened yesterday? What about something that might happen tomorrow?

Nobody really has a hard time finding something to worry about, looking around at the world today anyone can find worries in abundance.

There are plenty of choices when it comes to things to worry about, but maybe there are some things you haven't thought of, and that too can become a concern.

It wouldn't be so difficult if we could just worry about something and get it over with but worry is a never ending cycle. The more you give in to worry, the more you find to worry about. The more you focus on what is going wrong in life, the more wrong you will find.

I used to be a worrier, I worried about everything to the point of despair but strangely I never seemed to solve one of the problems I was worried about. When we worry, we often convince ourselves that we are doing something constructive about the problem at hand, but worry is destructive by nature.

Worry has never solved a single problem in the history of the world, nor has complaining. It has created plenty of problems, but never solved one. Complaining is usually just a more vocal form of worry, but neither one involved the crucial component required to end the problem - action.

A few years ago I developed a plan of sorts to deal with worry. It began with the serenity prayer.

God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.

When we worry, we must ask ourselves if the power to change the thing we are worried about is within our reach. If we can't change them, then we must move ourselves towards acceptance. We must admit that is is out of our control and worrying isn't going to change that.

What if there is something we can do? Then to relieve our worry we replace it with action. We get out of our own heads, out into the world and we work towards change.

When we learn to tell the difference between what we can and cannot change we actually free ourselves to a great extent.

Yes, there is no shortage of things to worry about in the world today. We can worry about the future of our job, the future of our home, the future of our children but worry will not change any of those things.

Only action has the power to change the world.