Sitting here, sunny morning, sipping coffee, doodling around on the internet, thinking.

Is worry ever good? If so, what makes it good? What's the right balance of staying in the moment versus considering the future?

What are you worried about? Today, but also what are the sorts of things that tend to worry you long-term? What do you tell yourself to make it ok?

HereToRockYourWorld said:

"Everything comes out the same, whether you make it hard on yourself or not." - Taxi Driver Wisdom


Keeping an eye on tomorrow doesn't mean you have to worry. You know what I'm sayin'?

I come from a long line of worry-some women, so sometimes it's difficult for me to let go.
I'll worry about little things and big things and I try not to let it get the better of me.

Hello Lady! A certain portion of it can take us to the next level.... much more then that is just a poison to the body. They only way out of it for me, is action. ( Even if the specific action doesnt change the long range so much)


Ya follow?

CarrieMpls said:

I come from a long line of worriers, but I've broken the cycle.

Ace said:

How did you do that?

Muse2NOPharaoh said:

I do follow. That makes sense.

CarrieMpls said:

I come from worriers too. I thought I had blissfully missed that gene, but it turned out that it was just late in being switched on.

Sometimes more than ANYthing I wish I could just hit pause on life and spend a couple of weeks wandering around in my own head, regaining perspective. . .

i get told i "think too much" all the damn time and it drives me nuts

HereToRockYourWorld said:

My first thought was "no." I love that saying that compares worrying to a rocking chair: using up your energy but not getting you anywhere. For the most part, that's very true. But in reality, I think it isn't that simple. Sometimes worry is an extension of concern. If I didn't worry about my kids getting lost or hurt, I wouldn't make them promise to call me when they get to school as they leave for the bus stop in the morning. They do, and knowing they're safe saves me a bunch of nagging extra worry for the rest of the day.



I don't tend to be a long-term worrier. I tell myself "what will be, will be." And I believe it. Faith in God/dess and my spirit helpers definitely helps me. There are a few long-term things that worry me sometimes, but it's more like a jolt of fear. When that happens, I try to look at the fear for what it is, ask myself what it's really about, and usually it goes away once I've identified it and given it some attention.

emm said:

I am not told this because I am good at hiding it but I know I also think too much, hard not to when you have kids and we live in the world we live in

HereToRockYourWorld said:

Reading. Observation. Therapy. Experience.

Is my 22 year old daughter ever gonna get another job?
[Edited 5/18/07 11:18am]

HereToRockYourWorld said:

I spend weeks wandering around in my head anyway. I need to come out of my head more often, that's my problem.

I don't think anything good can come of worrying.

You should palce all your fears in.....and now that what happens is happening for a reason.

I worry about my kids mainly. About their future.

Anything other than that doesn't affect me.

I worry about everything.

RaggDoll said:

Now your sig song is in my head...

Jane says I ain't never been in love...

jerseykrs said:

Ace said:

Same here...or I should say that I am in the process of breaking the cycle.

I'm getting better at not letting it consume me.

CarrieMpls said:

Its like my fave ev.
It's where raggdoll came from.
Jane says I'm through with Sergio...he treat me like a rag doll.
ANyways, my friend has a pic of us out Wed nite, the day after I got my hair done. When I get it I'll send it to ya. Its pretty drastic, but F it.

RaggDoll said:

Drastic is fun!! I can't wait to see!

CarrieMpls said:

I just came from tanning so dont laugh!

Love it!!

RaggDoll said:

Oh love the colours

CarrieMpls said:

Me too.