Worry

Just for today, I will not worry.

Not because I’ve figured it all out. Not because the future is tied in a neat little bow. But because worry is not love. And today- just today - I choose love. 

Worry is the mind’s attempt to control what the soul already trusts. It’s the looping, the what-ifs, the grasping for ground in a sky that’s always shifting. 

Worry is holy, too, in its way. It shows us what we care about. But it doesn’t belong in the driver’s seat. This precept is not asking us to be naive. It’s asking us to soften. To return to presence. To trust that what is unfolding is not against us, but for us. In Reiki, we practice becoming a hollow vessel, open and receptive. And worry, it crowds out the quiet knowing that speaks in the silence, it clogs the channel. 

So, when we whisper, “Just for today, I will not worry,” we’re not pretending that fear doesn’t exist. We’re choosing not to worship at its altar. We are saying, "I don’t need to carry every possible outcome in my mind. I don’t need to hold tomorrow in my fists. I can put it down. Breathe. Feel the earth beneath me. And let THIS moment be enough". Because in this moment, I am safe. In this breath, I am whole. In this stillness, I remember - I am held.

Worry will come knocking again. That’s okay. But I don’t have to invite it in. I don’t have to pour it tea and build it a nest in my nervous system. I can feel its edge… and return to trust. To Reiki. To the pulse of love beneath it all.

So just for today, I will not worry. I will choose faith over fear. Trust over tension. Presence over panic. And that will be enough. Just for today.