"How much can you plan, after all?

A man, worried and paranoid, asked his enlightened master if everything would be alright in the future. "I know I should have faith but I can't get around to let go. I'm still worried. What if things don't go the way they should? Negative thoughts render me unable to enjoy my life. What if God doesn't take care of me?" he said to his master.
The master took a rosebud, gave it to the disciple, and said, "Your task is to unfold the bud keeping all the petals intact."
The disciple carefully began unlayering the rosebud. Soon, however, he realized it was not possible to unfold it without damaging the petals. "It's not as simple as it looked. I'm sorry but at least some petals will be damaged," he said to his master.
In reply, the master took the rosebud from him and said:

It is only a tiny rosebud,
A flower of God’s design;
But I cannot unfold the petals
With these clumsy hands of mine.

The secret of unfolding flowers
Is not known to such as I.
God opens this flower so sweetly,
Then in my hands they die.

If I cannot unfold a rosebud,
This flower of God’s design,
Then how can I have the wisdom
To unfold this life of mine?

So I’ll trust in God for leading
each moment of my day.
I will look to God for His guidance
each step of the way.

The pathway that lies before me,
Only God knows.
I’ll trust Him to unfold the moments,
Just as He unfolds the rose.

"How much can you plan, after all? And how much do you want to plan?" the master continued. "Why do you want to keep everything in your hands? It's tiring. Learn to let go. Who took care of you when you were in the womb? Who fed you when you didn't even know how to speak? Who provided for you when you were too young to earn your own living? If you examine, you'll find there was always someone there, a medium Nature had already chosen for you. Sometimes letting go is simply reminding yourself that I've done whatever I could and now I must free myself from the outcome or the worry."

Om Namah Shivay