Tag: worry

  • Don’t Worry, Imagine

    Don’t Worry, Imagine

    Anxiety is a very real force, and it destroys things in our lives. You cannot solve a problem in the same state of mind that you become aware of it in. It’s that state of mind that gave rise to it. Has anyone had anxiousness ever help them deal with anything? Did it help, or…

  • Habit of Worry

    Habit of Worry

    If a person is a worrier, though it’s seen as neurotic, it’s also sort of respected. Supposedly it’s the way to be deeply concerned about people and things. This isn’t in any way true, yet people treat it like a badge of honour. It is supposedly a thinker who worries. How many mothers are told…

  • Defeat in Worry

    Defeat in Worry

    Worry is a very common mental habit, but it doesn’t add one bit to our effectiveness in dealing with things. We are encouraged to worry by social reinforcement. It’s supposedly how we show interest and investment in things, that we really care and are concerned, but generally it warps our presence in any situation. Can…

  • Conquer Worry

    Conquer Worry

    What if we seek comfort from food or substance as a way of dealing with worry, even though we know we shouldn’t? That is a mixed worry response. Your instincts are still in a sense good, but we sit and brood. If you are busy in self expression or engagement with life, make that your…

  • Don’t Worry, Be Crazy

    Don’t Worry, Be Crazy

    The literal meaning of cult is a body of practices. Cult culture. The culture cult is a huge cult, and they fear cultists. Cultists are doing culture a huge favour. They need the cultists to believe their cult is sane, because culture and our educated thinking only seems stable in the contrast, not by itself.…

  • Cure For Worry

    Cure For Worry

    Curiosity seems like something everyone understands, yes? Yes, wanting to know stuff. Seems like it. Exploration. It has greater depth and breadth than people usually consider, and is perhaps even more primal than intellectual motivation. We don’t just want to know new things. We are driven to see, hear, and experience new things. This drive…

  • Don’t Worry About Lies

    Don’t Worry About Lies

    Now shall we go to the very depths? The deceit of conflict, lies of malice. We encounter conflict no matter where we go. The “evil” liar knows their lies will not endure. They also know that they don’t have to last to have the impact they want. The aggressive liar moves into other people’s mental…

  • Okay Worry

    Okay Worry

    God knows, there’s enough to worry about without worrying about worrying about things. Edward Gorey What I’m Hanging Hope On Today: We are virtually ordered to control ourselves. Feelings arise naturally and automatically and we are fortunate to not have conscious control of that. If we are consciously responsible for that, we would miss big…