You Worry Too Much

Poetry by Raymond Huffman, Nov 15, 2022.

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  1. Raymond Huffman

    Raymond Huffman Well-Known Member

    He was a worried man with a worried mind
    but what was he worried about
    It was a calm cool night
    His beloved winter was coming
    All his affairs were in place

    Still the worry

    He realized it was about things that had not yet happened
    When something you have worried about happens
    then it becomes regret sorrow grief relief joy
    or any number of other emotions
    but it is no longer worry
    So knowing that worry will eventually
    turn into something else
    or nothing at all
    means there is no purpose of worrying
    unless by worrying enough you can prevent
    a bad thing from happening

    But he knew what he was worried about
    It was all the inevitable things
    that cannot be prevented
    So again
    if he could not prevent what it was that worried him
    then why worry
    It would all happen anyway
    and there was nothing he could do about it

    All this thinking was beginning to worry him
    so he returned to his Corona
    watched the fire burn in the fireplace
    prepared the stir fry shrimp
    felt the cool wind of autumn
    and took solace in all the things in his life
    that had not gone wrong
     
  2. Julie A. Dickson

    Julie A. Dickson Well-Known Member

    This poem prompts me to worry ;)
     
  3. Raymond Huffman

    Raymond Huffman Well-Known Member

    About my writing? :)
     

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