worry is there because you think "will I be able to do it", that is still ego part talking inside you. Ego always thinks it is in control and it has to make efforts. Ego then worries that it wont be able to do it based on past experiences.
Ego works by making EFFORTS
Naam works by GRACE.
When you get these kind of thoughts that worry if "I" can do it, then replace by "Who am I to do it? You are the Creator and Doer. Please shower Your GRace Baba Ji so a sinner like us can be ferried across because "I" cant pass any tests."
There is a great story of effort and grace that really helps us. When Guru Gobind Singh ji was surrounded by the enemy forces in the fort, they heard the next day that the enemies were going to send a drunken elephant crashing into the fortress doors. So Guru Gobind Singh ji asked for a brave Singh to volunteer to fight the drunken elephant and protect the fort. The biggest Singh stepped forward, all the other Singhs flattered him saying "he is our elephant!". He felt proud at being chosen. That night he couldn't sleep, he was overcome with worries and self-doubts, he then thought he couldn't back out either, otherwise everyone would see how much of a coward he really was. So he tried to escape, climbing over the fortress wall in the dead of night, he slipped and broke his leg. The next morning when the Singhs went looking for him, the found his dead body - he had been bitten by a snake.
Then Guru Gobind Singh ji looked for another volunteer and selected the weakest looking one, Bhai Bacchittar Singh. The Singhs couldn't understand, for surely Guru ji was sending him to his death. Bacchittar Singh ji stepped forward, but instead of getting proud of being selected, hi humbly tiltled his head,, pressed his palms to gether and humbly requested Guru ji, "I am not capable of doing this, only with your blessings Guru ji can it happen."
Guru ji smiled and patted him on the back, and in doing so blessed him. Bhai Bachiitar Singh ji was armed with a spear and sat upon a fast horse. The drunken elephant came charging and Bacchitaar Singh ji charged to meet it, holding his spear firmly under his arm and outstretched it pierced the heavily protected elephant in one place where there was no armour - between the eyes.
That is how we too have to overcome the worries we have due to EGO thinking "I can do it" and then self doubts "I I wont be able to do it". So when you notice ego inside yourself talking like that, just do humble ardas like Bhai Bachiitar Singh ji and ask SatNaam Baba Ji "Satguru ji I am not capable of passing any tests, only with your eternal blessings, your infnite grace can it be done by a fool like me."
Give up your own efforts and let the Gurprasaad take over.
God bless all.
Preeto.
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