37. Unwelcome visitors
Taken from One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers
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ONE DAY AT A TIME
Meditations for Carers
37. Unwelcome visitors
Proverbs 3.24, 26a
I worry. I wake in the middle of the night in a panic. All sorts of things rush into my barely awake brain, one after another, till there’s a flood of them and I can’t get back to sleep. Then I start to panic about not getting back to sleep. I need my sleep! Do you have times like this?
Having total responsibility for another human being, and one with special needs for care and support, is fraught with worry. Or it can be. How I’d love to be like the swan, gliding gracefully through my days (and sleeping soundly at night), even though I may be paddling furiously below the surface!
Worry doesn’t help me or my loved one. It only makes things worse. So often, when I’ve handed the worries over to my Lord, I discover everything has worked out perfectly and I didn’t need to worry about it at all! I have to accept that it’s my choice to entertain those unwelcome visitors. Instead, I have to practice opening up and sharing them with God, and other carers. That will defuse their power to hurt me and damage the quality of life my loved one can enjoy...
Taken from One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers by Dorothy M.Stewart