Sunday, September 2, 2012
Worrying
"Robert Frost once said, "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." We want you to do the same. Sum up anything you want, but do it in three words. Your response should mirror Frost's quote by beginning, "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about--." And the last four words are yours to choose."
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about worrying: it wastes time.
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So very true!
ReplyDeleteI need to convince my brain of this.
So do I, Tracie, believe me.
DeleteKnowing it is true and always being able to act as though it is true are not the same thing! But I'm working on it!
Thanks for the lovely comment!
very nicely said
ReplyDeleteYep. My mother always told me that. She also said, the thing you worry about won't happen and something else will happen that you didn't even think about. So what's the point? Great take!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lumdog! Now if only I could remember this all the time!
Deleteyou put that nicely.
ReplyDeleteEven beyond this being a great response to the prompt,this is something I'm going to try and carry with me.
ReplyDeleteGreat great line!
Thanks, Guap. I'm working on it myself.
DeleteAmen. I should really post that somewhere, as a mantra. Excellent.
ReplyDeleteI think I should, too.
DeleteI agree!
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteIt does, doesn't it? The worst is how much time we waste worrying about what cannot even be changed! Ugh. Like going over a conversation, and fretting over what should have been said, endless hours of lost sleep... Sigh.
ReplyDeleteSo many hours...I wish that knowing it was true made it easier not to do!
DeleteThanks, Marie Nicole.
Please read your entry to my brain. It knows no worrying bounds. Good one. :)
ReplyDeleteWith pleasure, my friend.
DeleteYeah, it does. I'm irritated with myself because I choose to do it anyway.
ReplyDeleteSo do I, Janna, but I'm working on it.
DeleteTrue dat. Sometimes, I've found myself in a worrying situation, so I forced myself to calm down (and succeeded). But then I just didn't know what to do with myself!
ReplyDeleteThose are the best moments, aren't't they! Deep breathing works magic!
DeleteOoooo. I like this. Good advice!
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteSo true! I'm a worry-er by birth, so I really need to chill out a little bit!
ReplyDeleteSo am I, and so do I. That's why I wrote it!
DeleteSo true :) The problem is that even though most of us know this we still do it anyway :D
ReplyDeleteYou are so correct.
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