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    joanlawson
    joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
    edited 7. Dec 2009, 10:15 in Community Chit-chat archive
    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
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    • Wonkylegs
      Wonkylegs Member Posts: 3,504
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      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 ! :wink::wink:

      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?! :wink: :roll:
    • suncatcher
      suncatcher Member Posts: 2,174
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      No first prize goes to me im always worrying. JOANNE
      Joanne
    • annie_mial
      annie_mial Member Posts: 5,614
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      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
      robertls Member Posts: 2,304
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      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
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    • joanlawson
      joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      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
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    • jackie1955
      jackie1955 Member Posts: 632
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      Hi Joan,

      Guilty - another worrier here I'm afraid.

      And I try so hard not to :)

      Jackie x
    • robertls
      robertls Member Posts: 2,304
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      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
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    • joanlawson
      joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      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.
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    • dachshund
      dachshund Member Posts: 9,269
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      Hi everyone.
      dont trouble trouble untill trouble trouble you.
      joan xx
      take care
      joan xx
    • angel1
      angel1 Bots Posts: 1,464
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      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
      joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      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 :!: :lol:
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    • tkachev
      tkachev Member Posts: 8,332
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      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
      Never be bullied into silence.
      Never allow yourself to be made a victim.
      Accept no ones definition of your life

      Define yourself........

      Harvey Fierstein
    • ninakang
      ninakang Member Posts: 1,367
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      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
      joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      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 :!: :!: :lol:

      Joan
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