By Saint Paisios *
-Elder, I’m anxious when I have to tackle a problem, and I can not get any sleep.
– The main problem is that you think too much. If you did not have so many thoughts, you could accomplish much more in terms of your pastoral service and your spirituality. Here’s a way to avoid thinking too much: When you think of something that you have to do tomorrow, then think about this:
This is a task that I do not have to think about today. I will think about it tomorrow. Also, when it comes to making a decision, you should not be looking for which is the best solution so as to procrastinate. Make a decision right away and move on. Then let God take care of the rest. Try to avoid being meticulous so as not to mess up with your head.
Do whatever you can with respect and move on slowly with great trust in God. We somehow make God help us when we entrust our future and our hopes to Him. Even a healthy person becomes incompetent when they are thinking too much. One who suffers and has the right to be upset. However, one who is healthy and suffers from leftist thoughts, he is absolutely nuts! When a person is fine they are not being tormented by too many thoughts!
In our times, the greatest disease is when secularists think about futile things. People can have everything except good thoughts.
* from the book: Elder Paisios of Mount Athos Speeches III, Spiritual Struggle