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My Greatest Stronghold: Worry And How It Kills Me.

Jacob Ruhl
5 min readOct 30, 2023

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At birth, we don’t worry. At that age we don’t even know what worry is.

As when we were kids, we didn't truly feel this pain called worry.

Now, just turning 22 yesterday and recognizing, damn I have truly worried since basically my whole life. But since 2020 it has literally dragged me from my house into a grave. I’m not joking either.

Think about the word “worry” Wo, wo in the Bible means An expression of grief or indignation.

Even speaking the name worry gives me a ton of anxiety. Typically someone that says I am worried about… You automatically know this isn’t going to be good news. “I’m worried my dad has cancer” “I’m worried I’m going to lose my job”

I have one thousand worries. One is, what happens when I die. That’s a very valid question. But why worry when it is fully out of my control.

What is in my control is to pray about that, which I have. I can stop doing wrongful things in my life. So yes, I am somewhat in control. But if I were to accidentally trip down the stairs tomorrow I then in that 0.1 seconds of me falling it is completely out of my control.

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Jacob Ruhl
Jacob Ruhl

Written by Jacob Ruhl

As a 23-year-old entrepreneur, I thrive on creativity and love exploring and sharing innovative ideas and unique interests with those around me.

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