Worry…Worry, worry, worry, worry
Worry just will not seem to leave my mind alone—Ray LaMontagne, Trouble
My mother was a worrier. She passed this trait along to her four sons. My barber from long ago was researching his genealogy. It was German. He told me that Germans were worriers. My mom’s father spoke German, but he was Alsatian speaking a dialect of German. There was no correlation. I doubt that you can classify a tribe or culture as worriers.
But worry can invade many people in a culture. Especially so in this day of social media algorithms. Conspiracy theories abound. Wonder why? Just look at what “news” item suddenly appear in your Facebook/Instagram/Xitter/TikTok feeds. TV News? I tell people it has little to do with liberal/conservative or red/blue. The real differentiation is hype/more hype/most hype.
I talked with an engineer on the host company’s AI team. He’s worried about AI.
We could always quote another song, Don’t Worry, Be Happy—Bobby McFerrin
An extension of lifelong meditation practice entails intentionally diverting my mind the moment my awareness recognizes worry. It works.
We could infuse this thought into our thinking along with Mark Twain (quoted by President James A. Garfield), “I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, most of which never happened.”
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