Don't Fret | AdventAI

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 7, 1873

Don't Fret.

TAKE the world easy. Don't fret about the comparatively petty vexations of life, in view of the many real troubles all around you and to which you are liable at any time. The inevitable—that which you cannot help—you cannot fret enough to undo though you fret yourself to death; and as for what you can help, why, take hold and help. Think of the loss of time and happiness, of the positive discomfort and injury to health, that arise from fretting over trifles. Be merry. There are sorrows that strike deep into the heart, and merit and receive the sympathies of all; but the many vexations and troubles of every-day life may well be slighted. God has placed us here to be happy, and provided ample means for our happiness as long as we trust in him; and to go through the world fretting, growling, and finding fault, thereby making ourselves and all around us unhappy, is an injury to ourselves, injustice to our friends, and base ingratitude to God.