Wellness Wednesday

Finding Peace in Trust: Commitment as a Stress Reducer

I was driving home one day, mentally listing the six things my wife had asked me to do, the three emails I hadn't answered, and the one thing I was deeply worried about regarding my kids. I was so busy listing the stressors that I missed my exit. My anxiety wasn't solving problems; it was creating new ones.

The stress that mounts on a husband, a father, or a business owner isn't from the problems themselves—it’s from the internal demand to control every single outcome. True strength and peace come from committing your best effort and then trusting the process, which is an act of ultimate faithfulness to your capabilities and guiding principles.

Three Ways Commitment Impacts Your Wellbeing

• Taming the "What If": Worry is often self-doubt whispering loudly. When you commit to the next small action, you prove that doubt wrong and starve the "what if" monsters.

• The Rational Transfer: Your job is to commit to the effort (the action), not to guarantee the result (the external outcome). Transfer the weight of the outcome off your shoulders.

• A Wry Observation: If worrying made you a better father, I'd have raised three geniuses by now. Since it doesn't, let's commit to action instead.

📝 Wellness Check-In

Take five minutes today to identify one task or worry. Next to it, write the single, committed action you can take right now to address it. Then, commit to doing only that one thing. This small act of "weight transfer" provides immediate relief and clarity. Make The Choice for peace.