My computer had been acting up for quite some time. Some days it was sluggish, other days it would time out, especially if I had more than one application open at the same time. I had a difficult time both rebooting and shutting it down. First, I chalked it up to the age of the computer but realized it wasn’t all that old. So, I gave up on fixing it myself and called Oscar, the computer whiz!
Oscar spent about an hour cleaning it up, running scans, erasing viruses and though it seemed a bit better, my computer was still not right. Finally, he realized that something… some program was constantly running in the background, which was the cause of all the problems.
Such is with our own minds. Maybe your background noise is a fear of death because you have had a diagnosis with cancer. Maybe its guilt because you think you should be at home with your children rather than running a company. Maybe its food—always worried about gaining weight! For me, it’s finances. Not because there isn’t enough but because I feel the pressure of being the only bread winner! So I fret even without knowing I am fretting. Frankly, it’s exhausting!
Do you have something running in the background affecting how you go about life? To have something constantly running in our minds not only robs us of energy and time, but most of all, peace and joy!
I hope in some small way, I have been your Oscar today and that you will be able to identify what, if anything is always running in the back of your mind. Now that I have figured out my background noise, I have been able to put it into perspective and find that I am not nearly as weighed down by finances. I hope you can do the same.
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