What does worry mean?

From the late Bible teacher, Warren Wiersbe, we are reminded how worry "pulls us apart," from the NKJV Wiersbe Study Bible: "Jesus said that worry is sinful. We may dignify worry by calling it by some other name—concern, burden, a cross to bear—but the results are still the same. Instead of helping us live longer, anxiety only makes life shorter (v. 27). The Greek word translated “to worry” literally means “to be drawn in different directions.” Worry pulls us apart. Until humans interfere, everything in nature works together because all of nature trusts God. People, however, are pulled apart because they try to live by depending on material wealth." For those of us who are struggling with less than ideal situations, the idea that worrying is a sin could actually add to our stress load.