I was watching a rerun of the West Wing where they were trying to decide how to handle what could possibly be the first case of mad cow disease in the United States. The theme of the show was very interesting: it’s never the stuff that you worry about that is the problem. I know this because I worry a lot.

It’s always the things that just randomly come out of nowhere that had a 1% chance of happening that seem to be the problem. The things that you never could’ve imagine or totally dismissed because they seemed so improbable. I guess this means that I shouldn’t worry so much. That I should enjoy my life: shop, read books & diet pill reviews, laugh, spend times with friends. Then I can deal with problems as they arrive. I wish I could just stop worrying. It really doesn’t help anything. Now I’m worrying about my worrying.

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