Definitely

Daily writing prompt

Is a little chaos actually good for us?

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If we habitually seek to control everything and dread the thought of unpredictability, our world gets smaller and smaller. This is especially true for those of us who have anxious temperaments. And one way to tackle this is to introduce a little chaos into your life. When I say little, I really mean little. You don’t need to be silly. Even small steps such as changing your routine and habits helps you to break the habit of obsessively trying to control everything. And when I have something unpleasant looming, such as a visit to the dentist, it helps me to break the habit of wanting everything to be perfect and predictable. So, I try to see such things in a positive light. I try anyway 😀.

Ultimately, I try to trust God. I see life on earth as being a little like a bootcamp. God will throw challenges at us. When I was in school or college, I had lazy teachers who were happy for us to do very little, and I had some enthusiastic ones who set big challenges. Which ones were the best? Which ones had our long-term interests at heart? Surely it was the latter, though we might not have appreciated them at the time.

Here are some hymns about trusting in God. Opening ourselves up to doing God’s will can sometimes feel scary – but again, obsessively trying to keep everything simple and under out control isn’t good for us. I must confess, I still have a lot to learn with respect to all this.