Are You A Person Who Worries?
By Alice Henry
@IreneVincent (15962)
United States
September 20, 2016 9:11am CST
I have to admit that the older I get, the more I worry about my children, my grandchildren and my great grandchildren.
I KNOW that worrying is a COMPLETE waste of time and that nothing wastes more energy than worrying. I also KNOW that most of what I worry about NEVER happens.
I do TRY to not think about things that COULD happen, but unfortunately FOR ME, it’s almost a daily thing anymore.
My fifteen year old grandson is about to get his driver’s license and that is really SCARY. The funny thing is that I don’t remember being anxious about my children getting their driver’s licenses. I was much younger then, of course.
I think worrying about such things just comes with OLD AGE. I hate it too. It’s not like I sit and worry all day. I don’t. But, when my children are traveling or driving in bad weather, or any number of other situations, I am always relieved when they arrive safely.
They always call or text me, when they get where they are going, because they KNOW that I want to know that they arrived safely.
I don’t worry much about anything else, but I do worry about my family.
There’s a scripture in the Bible that describes what happens when a person gets old. (Ecclesiastes 12:1-7) Verse 5 says “…they have become afraid merely at what is high, and there are terrors in the way…”
So, I guess it’s a natural passage of life to worry about things when a person gets old. I really don’t like it though.
What about you?
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@marguicha (225020)
• Chile
20 Sep 16
I have also reached the worrying sort of old age
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@marguicha (225020)
• Chile
20 Sep 16
@IreneVincent Old tigers don´t change their spots. Relax and accept it.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
20 Sep 16
It really makes me angry that I worry so much. I just can't seem to overcome it though.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
20 Sep 16
I am a worrier...though i am working hard on it...to learn not too.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
20 Sep 16
Yes, that's the point that I can't seem to get in my head. Whether I worry or not, things are going to happen. Worrying doesn't change that fact.
@polyxena (2628)
• Sturgis, Michigan
20 Sep 16
@IreneVincent Yeah, I forget that as well. And I still worry.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
20 Sep 16
Yes am also worried when my kids have to travel in some places.my daughter loves to travel and I keep on texting her what is happening.there's a lot of things I was thinking when they go out
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
20 Sep 16
I think its just natural for a mother to worry about her children. I remember when my mother was alive and she used to worry about ME when I traveled. So, I stopped telling her when I was going out of the country. I would tell her about my trip when I got back home.
She lived about 100 miles from me, near my brother, so he would make sure she was OK.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
20 Sep 16
@IreneVincent that's true if only can accompany them where they go,i will but due of some many reasons and works to do I can't.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
20 Sep 16
I am a worrier and have been for most of my life. I always worry about something happening to my family. I always think of the worse thing that could happen and then worry about it. When my children were living at home I never rested when they were out anywhere. I could only rest once I knew they were safe at home or wherever they were at. They always had to call and check in with me. Even now that they are on their own I worry about them if I know they are traveling. If there is a snowstorm and i know they are out in it I worry. If I hear of an accident and i know it is on a road that they travel on I call them to make sure they are safe.
I worry about things happening to my grandchildren all the time. I try to tell myself that worrying does no good but I can't help it. My Dad was a worrier. He worried about us all the time. I guess I get it from him.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
20 Sep 16
One of my sons drives a tractor trailer up and down the Interstate highways. If I hear about a tractor trailer wreck, and there are plenty of those on the news, I always worry that it could be him. He's been driving for years now. He's a good driver, but he also has to drive in bad weather sometimes.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
20 Sep 16
@IreneVincent If I were you I would be worried sick too. :(
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
21 Sep 16
Yes, we need not worry about tomorrow, because it will come and go, just like all of the other tomorrows. Worrying is a real waste of time. I KNOW it, but I still do it. ARG.
@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
21 Sep 16
Yes, I agree with you. An older person is more aware of their mortality, where a younger person thinks bad things will never happen to them.
@Hate2Iron (15727)
• Canada
20 Sep 16
Oh yes... way too much! Trying to work on it though!!
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