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Quit Your Worrying!

Chapter 6 VI THE SELFISHNESS OF WORRY

Word Count: 1197    |    Released on: 30/11/2017

the agreeable, the aphorism of the apostolic writer, "No man liveth unto himself," seems to be more than ordinarily true. It is one proof of the selfishness of the "worrier"-whether consciously or

" The worrying wife does not keep her worry to herself; she pours it out to, or upon, her husband. The worrying husband is just the same. If it is

of its victim. It loses its power, too often, when shut up. It must find expression in

hey see or fear, or even foolhardy, let them speak out bravely, courageously, lovingly, and they will generally be listened to. But to have them voice their fretful, painful, distressing worries no one is benefitted, and both speaker and the one spoken to are positively harmed. For an unnecessary fear voiced is strengthened; it is made more real. If one

anting of worry in the mind of another

d the worrier really desires to be unselfish, how can he control his worry

wn sake, care to control the needless worries of my life, I must not, I dare not curse other lives with them.

ngs. Of course the boy, the girl, must be taught to take care of his, her, clothes, but this is never done by nagging. A far better plan would be to fit a punishment which really belongs to the evil or careless habit of the child. For instance, if a boy will persist in throwing his hat an

ets, base-balls, bats, etc. As a rule one application of the rule cures. This is immeasurably more sensible than nagging, for it produces the required

iderably over their chil

ings on "Children as Cabbages." He starts out by saying: "It is well to remember that not all dirt is

her than in nagging. Fall into the habit of doing the wise, the rational, the sane thing, because it produces results, rathe

egor, there is a worrying mother. Fortunately she is swee

ner at "Aunt Purdie's," who was "rale genteel an' awfu' easy offendit." The anxious mothe

no' to dicht yer mooth wi' yer cuff-mind that. Ye're to tak' yer hanky an' let on ye're jist gi'ein' yer nib a bit wipe. An' ye're no' to scale yer tea nor sup the sug

erposed her husband

aboot

nna tell Macgreegor

nt me,' etc

our own home, but let up when you are going out, for your worry worries him, makes him self-conscious, brings about the very disasters you

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“From the book:Between twenty and thirty years ago, I became involved in a series of occurrences and conditions of so painful and distressing a character that for over six months I was unable to sleep more than one or two hours out of the twenty-four. In common parlance I was "worrying myself to death," when, mercifully, a total collapse of mind and body came. My physicians used the polite euphemism of "cerebral congestion" to describe my state which, in reality, was one of temporary insanity, and it seemed almost hopeless that I should ever recover my health and poise. For several months I hovered between life and death, and my brain between reason and unreason. In due time, however, both health and mental poise came back in reasonable measure, and I asked myself what would be the result if I returned to the condition of worry that culminated in the disaster. This question and my endeavors at its solution led to the gaining of a degree of philosophy which materially changed my attitude toward life. Though some of the chief causes of my past worry were removed there were still enough adverse and untoward circumstances surrounding me to give me cause for worry, if I allowed myself to yield to it, so I concluded that my mind must positively and absolutely be prohibited from dwelling upon those things that seemed justification for worry.”
1 Chapter 1 THE CURSE OF WORRY2 Chapter 2 OURS IS THE AGE OF WORRY3 Chapter 3 NERVOUS PROSTRATION AND WORRY.4 Chapter 4 HOLY WRIT, THE SAGES, AND WORRY5 Chapter 5 THE NEEDLESSNESS AND USELESSNESS OF WORRY6 Chapter 6 VI THE SELFISHNESS OF WORRY7 Chapter 7 CAUSES OF WORRY8 Chapter 8 PROTEAN FORMS OF WORRY9 Chapter 9 HEALTH WORRIES10 Chapter 10 THE WORRIES OF PARENTS11 Chapter 11 MARITAL WORRIES12 Chapter 12 THE WORRY OF THE SQUIRREL CAGE13 Chapter 13 RELIGIOUS WORRIES AND WORRIERS14 Chapter 14 AMBITION AND WORRY15 Chapter 15 ENVY AND WORRY16 Chapter 16 DISCONTENT AND WORRY17 Chapter 17 COWARDICE AND WORRY18 Chapter 18 WORRY ABOUT MANNERS AND SPEECH19 Chapter 19 THE WORRIES OF JEALOUSY20 Chapter 20 THE WORRIES OF SUSPICION21 Chapter 21 THE WORRIES OF IMPATIENCE22 Chapter 22 THE WORRIES OF ANTICIPATION23 Chapter 23 HOW OUR WORRY AFFECTS OTHERS24 Chapter 24 WORRY VERSUS INDIFFERENCE25 Chapter 25 WORRIES AND HOBBIES