Worry
By Pose123
@Pose123 (21635)
Canada
September 9, 2007 4:55pm CST
I once heard worry described as, " praying for something that you don't want to happen". I have to say that it shocked me, because I had never considered it in that light. Nevertheless, we all know that worry causes countless problems. Most parents worry over their children, and this is quite natural, as long as it isn't taken to excess. I have a friend who, when one of her grown and married children calls will say, " I wonder what's wrong now"? It isn't as if her children don't call, in fact she talks to them almost every day! It has to be a terrible way to live. There's an old saying,"Never trouble trouble until trouble troubles you", I decided many years ago to make that my motto.
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@AmbiePam (92856)
• United States
10 Sep 07
That's a good motto. Worry can take away years of our lives, not to mention the enjoyment of the moment. My grandma worries non stop. It's really rather startling. Of course it has only gotten worse as she has gotten older, but I just wish she could realize how much she worries and the negative impact it has had upon her and her family. My mom explained how tough her life had been (depression era), how much stress she had had while she helped rear her family with her husband on not a lot of money. And then she had two children, but one didn't 'turn out' well at all (my uncle). Now as she is not in good health, she has become the care giver for my grandfather. But while I know she has cause for worry, I can't help but be more conscious of my own tendency to worry. I don't want to wake up one morning and wonder where the heck my life went.
By the way, I wouldn't trade my grandma for anything, it is just sad that she didn't get to enjoy life as she could have. : )
@cmsk2005 (1770)
• United States
9 Sep 07
This is a good saying ofcourse and true too but we all cant do it in our life. It is obvious to worry about those things and to stop it one must be very very strong, still pople worries about many little things everyday. I must praise you have made the right motto for yourself.
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@tines2512 (326)
• Philippines
10 Sep 07
I also worry too much, sometimes I got a tendency to loose my focus on doing some things when I started worrying, I am very much uncomfortable.thinking of it, IT was really a headache.I just hope I could manage this things.
