An interesting saying

joanlawson

Hi

You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about the future.

I should have that tatooed on the back of my hand so that I can read it every day.

Is there a Nobel prize for worrying :?: I'd win it :!: :!:

Joan

Wonkylegs

joanlawson wrote:

Hi

You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about the future.

I should have that tatooed on the back of my hand so that I can read it every day.

Is there a Nobel prize for worrying :?: I'd win it :!: :!:

Joan

fight you for it !

I think I could be world champion at worrying but I hate to admit I worry as much about the past as I do about the future ... oh, and what's wrong with worrying about now too?! :roll:

suncatcher

No first prize goes to me im always worrying. JOANNE

annie_mial

My favourite one is 'Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift, that's why it's called 'the present''.

I think it was Eleanor Roosevelt who said it.

Annie

robertls

joanlawson wrote:

Hi

You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about the future.

I should have that tatooed on the back of my hand so that I can read it every day.

Is there a Nobel prize for worrying :?: I'd win it :!: :!:

Joan

Oh interesting!!! WHat other tatoo's you got then.....

Now there would be an enlightening thread

As for me.........a worrier...........well maybe just a bit..

Rob x

joanlawson

Hi

It seems that I am not alone in this affliction. No, Delboy, I don't think it is a gender thing really, although you men certainly give us plenty to worry about.

My Dad was a terrible worrier, so I think that is where I get it from. I was brought up with that undercurrent of anxiety, and it isn't a good thing for a child to live with.

If I could rewind my life, I would try to cut out the worry, and live much more for the day.

Now I am trying to make up for lost tome, and take each day as it comes. Time is such a precious thing, and it is silly to waste it in worry.

There is the saying "It will all come out in the wash", and it usually does.

Joan

jackie1955

Hi Joan,

Guilty - another worrier here I'm afraid.

And I try so hard not to

Jackie x

robertls

rehab44 wrote:

Aren't grandparents the greatests worriers?
They worry about themselves, their children and their grandchildren?

I tend not to worry about myself, I am a planner and generally calm in a crisis, I think it's the drugs :shock:

And me thinking you a warrior Rehab.

Rob x

joanlawson

Age and Arthritis makes you look at things differently

That's what I mean about time being too precious to waste on worry. I am trying to enjoy each day, and not to worry about much beyond that.

dachshund

Hi everyone.
dont trouble trouble untill trouble trouble you.
joan xx

angel1

dachshund wrote:

Hi everyone.
dont trouble trouble untill trouble trouble you.
joan xx

Oh, well said Joan!! I only wish I knew how to put it into practice.

As someone else has said, if I don`t have something to worry about.......I worry.

Mark Twain said "I have spent the best part of my life worrying about things that never happened".

joanlawson

I suppose worry is part of the human condition, really. I don't suppose animals worry, except perhaps where their next meal is coming from.

Talking of which, I now need to worry about what we are going to eat today. I haven't a clue :!:

tkachev

I used to be a big worrier now I tend to reflect on my options and not let people beat me down.Doesnt mean I wont be in trouble...just dont spend hours worrying about it anymore.

Elizabeth

ninakang

My hubby is a worrier, he could worry for England... but would probably worry for India instead out of loyalty :-)

Me, I tend not to worry and dwell on things. If I have something horrible coming up, I tend to work out how to deal with it in my head and make a plan on how I'm going to deal with it. I've never really seen the point in lying awake at night worrying about something, I distract myself with something else when I've made my plan, like I'll get up and make a drink or read a book instead.

I'm strange, I know, but maybe I'm just one of those lucky ones who hasn't had to deal with a huge problem... yet. Touch wood!

Nx

joanlawson

Hi Nina

As always, you are the voice of reason and common sense :!: :!: Next time I'm worried about something, I'll call on you. You will sort me out in no time :!: :!:

Joan