What, Me Worry?

Are you a 'worrier'? (Say that seven (7) times, (NO, not that, 'worrier'!)). I am, despite the view of the water I have every morning (Photo is this morning), while I have my coffee, my 1/2 toasted bagel, and glazed marble cake, as my PRE-breakfast (And I wonder why I can't lose weight!!) and have been since being a kid. (No, not the weight worry, see another worry, no, a 'worrier'). We all, probably, have common worries - taking tests in school, something will happen to our lost dog, losing a job, car doesn't run, not prepared for a meeting, and its in 5 minutes, every conceivable circumstance regarding any, and all kids you may have, ..etc. you know, those kinds of things. And, two biggest worries I had were:

1) A burglar would break into our home in Flushing, Queens, New York, and would chase me around the outside of the house, after I tried to sneak a knife out of the kitchen drawer. (This started as a dream, dreamt it for, literally, years, then it turned into a worry) NEVER HAPPENED !!

2) My father would come to the school (P.S. 163) fence, and tell me my Mom had died. (This also started out as a dream, and also, turned into a conscious daytime worry). I treated my Mom sooo.. nice each day, reading to her from the Long Island Press while she made supper, so afraid I was going to lose her. NEVER HAPPENED. My Dad died when I was a young man, and Mom lived into her 90s. And yes, I still treated her nice - she WAS nice, and I'M nice..

The symptoms of worry are anxiety, something to do with serotonin, defiency or excess - different symptons, different medical/philosophical, life-style approaches, yet I do not exhibit anxiety. Yes, if we're gone overnight, I worry about water leaks - until I forget to worry - (I used to worry about gas leaks, but our condo is all-electric - good - one less thing to worry about) and I worry, or do I become anxious when going on a trip, but I think most people are like that, Are YOU? Please agree!!

I worry about the health of family members, to varying degrees, mostly, what I'm aware of. Might explain why I don't want to know about my family's health problems beyond the members in my household. And I don't worry at all about the health, or ANY problems of NON-family. Do YOU? If so why? and if you have a good reason, like as fellow human beings, we're supposed to, and does it make me not a nice person if I don't? I mean, come on, there's BILLIONS of people living on this earth, and what about those that USED to live here, at least, let's limit it to my lifetime. And what about those who come after me? Do YOU worry for them, will that relieve them of their own worries? I don't worry for them - they're on their own, ESPECIALLY after I'm gone. I guess by now, you know I'm not concerned about e.g. global warming and it's consequences in 2090 ..If I AM alive then, I'll be 152 years old - what will I worry about THEN . Will YOU worry if and when you're 152 plus?? Nah, I don't think so...

Surprisingly, MOST things we worry about never happen. (Conversely, what we DON'T worry about smacks us in the face at times - "Sorry you just moved to the SUNSHINE STATE - stay out of the sun, you have Melanoma (skin cancer)" or, how about "What, you LOVE music?? Always have, but now you're retired, so you have the time to enjoy it? Here's TINNITUS in BOTH your ears, and out of harmony". (Who am I quoting? Doctors, Creators, whoever, obviously someone with a sense of humor, a BIG sense of humor - like Beethoven going DEAF!! )

And, my final point - if life IS humorous, one of my favorite topics, if it is, and, as my banner up on top says, 'Life is it's own signifance', try not to stress, try, and succeed with that most wonderful gift - the mind - to experience, enjoy, and be entertained, by this adventure we call LIFE. OR, am I being too simplistic? Although I'm quite cognizant of the endless complexities and complications of seemingly every facet of our lives, every issue facing our society...I don't know, maybe I don't want to know....