DON'T WORRY.

North Otago Times, 8 January 1908, Page 2 (Supplement)

DON'T WORRY.

Worry is the father of insomania, Worry is forethought gone to seed. Worry Is discounting possible future sorrows so that tlio individual may have present misery.

Worry is not one large individual sorrow; it is a colony of petty, vague, insignificant, restless, imps of fear, that become important only from their combination, their constancy, their iteration. Worry is the traitor in our camp that dampens our powder, weakens <yir aim : under the guise of helping us to bear the present and to bo ready for the future; worry multiplies enemies within our mind to sap our strength. Worry must not bo confused with anxiety, though both words agree In meaning, originally a "choking," or a "strangling," referring, of course, to the throttling effect upon individual activity. Anxiety faces largo issues of life seriously, calmly, with dignity. Anxiety always suggests hopeful possibility ; it Is active in being ready nnd devising measures to meet the outcome. Worry is the dominance of the mind by n single, vague, restless, unsatisfied, fearing and fearful idea. The menial energy and force that should be concentrated on the successive duties of the day Is constantly and surreptitiously abstracted and Absorbed by this one fixed idea.