Hi awakentransform,
It may not be easy (it isn't for me) but practice makes perfect as they say.
I worry much less than I used to - these are techniques I use and may help you -
1) Read Tolle - it's about staying present and if you are present you don't worry cos you're not looking back or forwards - u are here NOW. This isn't easy at all for me - I don't even know if I've achieved true presence yet, and if i have it's only a couple of seconds if that unless I am really busy, drinking alcohol etc.. But just being aware of not being present is good to get you away from those thoughts.
2) Think about the totality of life. This ia a big thing for me - for example last week I went to a museum and held a stone used to chop meat 15,000 years ago (I think). It really humbled me to think of this - that i was holding something so old and ancient from a fellow human being. I look at the vastness of space and sea and realise how trivial my life is. Think in 100 years time will the fact that you walked around all day with you skirt in your pants really matter? I am not saying that you or I isn't important - we are so precious - but all these exterior things that happen to us are really nothing in the whole sum of it.
3) This is a quote I like - "if no one's dead we're ok".
4) Think about something you really worried about in the past which you don't even care about now. Wasn't it silly and pointless? Can't it be the same for things that seem so important to concern yourself about now?
Hope this helps. As I said it isn't easy. Sometimes I worry all week, or get upset. Some weeks I am so carefree - it won't be instant but if you consciously try with whatever works for you, you'll start to see differences  |