Worry Much?

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There are a lot of things to worry about on any given day, aren't there?

What are the sorts of things do you worry about on a routine basis?

The health or behavior of others?

You can't control that.

The outcome of the next big game?

Think of how many big games you've watched. Sometimes your team wins..if you're a Yankee fan...other times, most other times, in fact, your team loses, SEE Bills and Sabres.

You can't control that either.

So why worry about that stuff?

A lot of times worry is centered on what is going on at work.

Quick, tell me what big case you were working on last year at this time.

Things have a way of getting done.

Either way, it'll go away before long. I haven't worried about losing my job in a long time.

Show up and put forh the effort.

Nothing to worry about there.

Do you worry about your own death?

Well, that's gonna' happen some day, some way.

I was thinking a lot about those storm chasers who lost their lives going after the tornadoes in Oklahoma.

Guess they shoulda' worried a little more.

Yet I bring all of this up because I am surrounded by people who are worried a lot.

They worry about the kids and the parents to make it home safely.

They worry about the sick neighbor and the dog and the economy and the next president and the one before and the plane that is flying over their house and the Dow Jones.

And in the end, we can't do anything about anything.

Things are gonna' happen.

So it's almost time to bring back the old song.

Don't worry

Be Happy.

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