Psychology 101: Do not worry so much about things out of your control…

 January 1, 2022

"HAKUNA MATATA ... Don't worry so much about things OUT of your control ..."

** By Hector Williams Zorrilla

It is good to start the blank pages of this new year with HAKUNA MATATA ...

HAKUNA MATATA is a positive mental attitude (PMA) to face everyday life ...

Jesus Christ already said it: "Look at the lilies of the field how they grow and the birds how they live without worrying ... You cannot add an inch to your stature with unnecessary eagerness (worries) ..."

HAKUNA MATATA is planning the important things in life: the profession or how to “earn a living”, finances, love and sexuality, the family, and leaving a positive legacy to humanity, BUT without forgetting the most important thing that has real and imperishable value: living life with purpose ...

HAKUNA MATATA is the positive mental attitude of living life with the wisdom that says that all I have is this micro second of breath ... the next breath is a gift that I must value as such ...

HAKUNA MATATA is to add acts and moments of happiness to daily living, not to add stress and anxiety that could be handled more healthily ...

HAKUNA MATATA is to live life consciously as wise people live it: adding and treasuring the joys that each moment gives us ...

HAKUNA MATATA is to treasure and express gratitude for every act of GRACE that life allows us to participate ...

HAKUNA MATATA for this body that has more than 100 thousand trillion cells and all of them work every second for my well-being ...

HAKUNA MATATA for the 20 thousand times that I breathe every day without my having to think that I am breathing ...

HAKUNA MATATA for the 100,000 times a day that my heart beats without my even noticing ...

HAKUNA MATATA for the 60 thousand thoughts per day that settle in my brain without my having to make an effort to think them ...

HAKUNA MATATA for the happiness that perches in each of my smiles ...

HAKUNA MATATA for my days and my nights, for my sleep and my awakening ...

HAKUNA MATATA for the opportunity to see a new year: 2022 ...

HAKUNA MATATA for the opportunity I have NOW to read and say HAKUNA MATATA on the first day of the year 2022 ...

** The author is a psychologist, university professor and writer