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| This is what worry-free living looks like |
This morning my husband announced that 2015 was going to be the year without worries. I have already forgotten the context within which the pronouncement was made, but I have been contemplating what a worry-less year might look like.
Overall, 2014 was a pretty good year. I definitely have been surprised by how much I enjoy having a middle-schooler. Most excitement around my child was positive: sports, academics, friends. As for my husband, no news is good news.
I try to focus on the positive year that the rest of my family had instead of focusing on me. My year was boring, painful, or infuriating. Too much time spent in physical pain due to endometriosis (I seem to be the poster child for auto-immune diseases) or trying to stay one step ahead of recurring depression.
I am a pessimist. But, just as I believe that “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice” (Martin Luther King, Jr.), I also believe that the arc of my life bends towards better-ness. Every year of my adult life has been significantly better than the year prior.
I am hopeful that 2015 follows that trend and is better physically, mentally, and spiritually for me. Intentionally avoiding worry will be a good start. I just wish I knew how to! When I asked my husband how 2015 was going to be a year without worry, he helpfully answered, "Because we won't worry."
Here's praying for a worry-free year for my family and yours!
Love,
Darby
