WORRY

SHORT STORY

Wishing Worries Well (Emotions: Worry)
Bobby is a young man with a perpetual frown. He worried and stressed all day, all night. His mind never relaxed. On a stroll to clear his thoughts he walks by a wishing well. He throws in a quarter. A young girl is standing nearby.

“What are you wishing for?” she says.

“I wish I could live a day without stress. But I have too many worries. It would take a thousand quarters,” Bobby says.

“Then put in a thousand quarters,” says the energetic girl, she is then tugged away by her parents.

In this instance, a light bulb ignites in Bobby’s head. Instead of a wishing well, this will be his “wishing worries well”. Every evening on his daily stress walk he takes a quarter for each worry and drops them in. He has faith that the well will take care
of his problems – then forgets them.
Three months pass and Bobby is standing near the well. The same little girl from before comes to throw in a dime.

“Did your wish come true?” she says. Bobby leans over her smallbframe.

“Yes, I live everyday without stress now. This little well here works. Trust me.”

WORRY

Anticipating a future negative outcome physically or imagined is the emotion of worrying. A small amount of worry is necessary (as a sense) when protecting the self from common dangers. Any lengthening of worry will result in anxiety and
pessimistic attitude. Over-thinking accompanied by bad self-talk that comes with worry will distract you from the problem at hand and cause you to lose focus in reality while you play in your head. This paralyzing worry is of the negative mind-state. When patient thought leads you to plan to take action, worry has not effected your natural mind-state.

CURE: Let go of the problem. Focus on whatever is at hand. Realize it is unnecessary to worry about things that may perhaps happen. Have an optimistic mind-state, knowing you may not be correct about the issue and need more information. But DO focus on whatever you need to do in that exact instance. Be in the moment, stop being attracted to a desired outcome.

WORRY (Quotes)
“Do not anticipate trouble or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.” – Benjamin Franklin

“If you can’t sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It’s the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep.” – Dale Carnegie

“If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.” – E. Joseph Cossman

“Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it gets you no where.” – Glenn Turner

“If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you’ll die a lot of times.” – Dean Smith

“A day of worry is more exhausting than a day of work.” – John Lubbock

“Every evening I turn my worries over to God. He’s going to be up all night anyway.” – Mary C. Crowley

“Worry is stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.” – Arthur Somers Roche

“I never worry about action, but only inaction.” – Winston Churchill

“Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.” – George Washington