Small Steps

Jesus counsels us not to worry. But how can we not feel some anxiety, some measure of fear when we consider the unknown, uncertain future of our lives and the lives of those we love? How can we abandon worry when own our personal histories teach us that we have very little control over what may befall us?

We know, intellectually, that we should not worry but trust God. But how do we practice such a robust trust in divine grace and sympathy? How—concretely—do we live into Providence? How do we abandon ourselves to Providence and lose the anxiety and worry that besets the world over?

Small steps. Begin with four words, often repeated: “Thy will be done.”