Don't Worry! (3 of 26)
Fred Lowery
Proverbs 12:25
''Anxiety in the heart of a man weighs it down...'' Proverbs 12:25
It's no surprise that Bobby McFerrin went gold and hi t number one with his- acappella ditty ''Don't Worry Be Happy''. Touching an international nerve, his musical timing was absolutely perfect. Everyone i-s talking about worry, stress, and burn out in our Age of Acceleration and the song captures the conflict and struggle of life in the fast lane. Such a life includes fifteen-hour workdays, home computers, car phones, plane phones, overnight express mail, fast foods, fax machines and thirty second pizzas. Using the easy rhythms of reggae, McFerrin sets forth ''A balm for o ur burn out'' that ''slower is better.'' Take time to kick the leaves and smell the roses. If we don't worry, the problem will soon pass. ''Don't worry, be happyl'' The quest;Lon unanswered by McFerrin is how? That is what this chapter is about.
What is Worry?
Worry is often described as the official emotion of our age. We are the ''stressed out'' society. In a recent nationwide survey, 42 percent reported ''worrying a lot.'' Most acknowledged spending at least 25 percent of their day moping fearfully, (Gannett News Service 1/15/89) Americans are the most tense people in the world. We have seventy-five percent of the world's material advantages and yet we consume seventy-five percent of the world's supply of pain relieving medicines and mind altering drugs. We are the uptight generation, Our suicide rate is sky high.
Many doctors claim that most hospital beds could be emptied if we could find an instant cure for fear and worry. A pill to prevent worry would outsell every drug on the market. Worry is a universal malady. It has physical, emotia-iial, and spiritual, co,-.andamp;equences.
Worry is defined in the dictionary as mental distress or agitation. It implies an incessant internal mental goading that drives one into desperation. It is a pulling apart or di ...
Fred Lowery
Proverbs 12:25
''Anxiety in the heart of a man weighs it down...'' Proverbs 12:25
It's no surprise that Bobby McFerrin went gold and hi t number one with his- acappella ditty ''Don't Worry Be Happy''. Touching an international nerve, his musical timing was absolutely perfect. Everyone i-s talking about worry, stress, and burn out in our Age of Acceleration and the song captures the conflict and struggle of life in the fast lane. Such a life includes fifteen-hour workdays, home computers, car phones, plane phones, overnight express mail, fast foods, fax machines and thirty second pizzas. Using the easy rhythms of reggae, McFerrin sets forth ''A balm for o ur burn out'' that ''slower is better.'' Take time to kick the leaves and smell the roses. If we don't worry, the problem will soon pass. ''Don't worry, be happyl'' The quest;Lon unanswered by McFerrin is how? That is what this chapter is about.
What is Worry?
Worry is often described as the official emotion of our age. We are the ''stressed out'' society. In a recent nationwide survey, 42 percent reported ''worrying a lot.'' Most acknowledged spending at least 25 percent of their day moping fearfully, (Gannett News Service 1/15/89) Americans are the most tense people in the world. We have seventy-five percent of the world's material advantages and yet we consume seventy-five percent of the world's supply of pain relieving medicines and mind altering drugs. We are the uptight generation, Our suicide rate is sky high.
Many doctors claim that most hospital beds could be emptied if we could find an instant cure for fear and worry. A pill to prevent worry would outsell every drug on the market. Worry is a universal malady. It has physical, emotia-iial, and spiritual, co,-.andamp;equences.
Worry is defined in the dictionary as mental distress or agitation. It implies an incessant internal mental goading that drives one into desperation. It is a pulling apart or di ...
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