WHAT ME WORRY?
My usual heightened state of anxiety has now been kicked up a few notches after reading your blog.
I had been sailing along with only a few worries doing their merry-go-round in my mind but now just being reminded of all there is to worry about….I’m a nervous wreck!! I might have to make a mad dash to either my medicine cabinet, my yoga mat or to my cupboard for some chamomile tea. It’s Armageddon no doubt!!
Who knows if we pass the anxiety gene through our DNA or if it is just learned by sitting at the dinner table hearing our neurotic nervous parents blurt out their concerns and challenges…we unknowingly load our kids up with our own angst and then fret when we see them fretful.
I hope Cassie realizes she is a LONG way from the possibility of Alzheimer’s disease….you and I can wring our hands about that disease for sure, along with world peace or lack of, mandated fluorescent light bulbs that might give us all migraine headaches and cloned food showing up at the grocery store without anyone letting us know.
Today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday. ~Author Unknown
….what exactly does that mean?? Now I am REALLY worried!!
Lorraine
January 15th, 2008 at 5:32 am
Can’t say that I know what it means either. I always liked the quote that goes something like, “If you worry about something that ends up happening, you’ve unnecessarily suffered it twice. And if you worry about something that doesn’t happen, you’ve unnecessarily suffered it once. Either way, it’s unnecessary to worry.” Obviously it’s more elegant than that, but you get the gist. Great post!
January 15th, 2008 at 5:37 am
I recently heard that same quote from a client. Thanks–your quote makes much sense than Lorraine’s!
January 15th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Lorraine’s quote is a perfect example of a “brain teaser” for those of us wanting to exercise our gray matter for fear of ALZHEIMERS!! I finally got it, but only after 5 minutes of verbal ping pong inside my head.