Evening star., 1937-12-31
Much Illness
Blamed on
Worrying
Try to Forget Woes,
Practice Being
Cheerful.
BY ANGELO PATRI.

MOTHERS will have to find a way
to drive out worry from their
lives. 1t Is to blame for much of the
illness, much Of the unhappiness In
homes today. How can I help wor-
rying? There's no work, no money;
bills to pay, children needing doctors,
schools, everything. You'd worry II
you were in my place"
I do. did. And I got . severe
illness; paid plenty of bills; lost work
and good times and the pleasure had
in living. That's all the good worry
ing did me. That's all the good 1t
will do you The best thing to do is
just to let go and trust to the Provi-
dence that watches over this earth
and its people to attend to all our
needs. Do the days work and leave
it at that, knowing that the rest is
not in your hands.
When We are in good sense we know
that We do not have to think about
what will happen in the future. Think
ing about it does no good because to
think intelligently one must know
what to think about, and who knows
what to think about for the future?
Anything may happen between to-
night and tomorrow. And it will Why
worry about something that is Just as
likely not to happen as to happen?
Why worry about a trouble that Is
here and passing? They all do pass
and leave us much as before. And the
worst of it is we worry about some.
thing that never happens What does
happen is quite unexpected and give.
US something else to worry about.
Worry killed the cat-and you know
how hard it is to kill a cat. II it
killed the cat it will kill you, and
then where will you be? And where
will all the people you are worrying
about be? And what will happen wher
you are not there to worry any more
about it? Life will go on just the
same. Better just let go and have
| faith that things will be better, and
sure enough they will. They're better
already just because you thought about
the betterment instead of the bedevil-
ment. Let go and sing
Worry is deadly poison. It kills
your stomach. Stomach ulcers are
, very mean things to have; and the
surest way to cultivate one is to take
nice healthy worry and gnaw at it
for hours and hours every day. Pretty
soon you will be asking the doctor:
why have I such a fearful pain in
my stomach can't eat; I can't sleep,
I can't live if this goes on. I believe
have cancer"
mo. you have stomach ulcer. Rest.
| Be careful to follow this diet. Rest.
Keep quiet. Don't worry"
Then you will know what worry
can do when it gets good hold Don't
worry. Let go and trust in the good
ness of people, the goodness Of life.
1t is so useless. this grinding round
OF worry. The same thought whirling
about in ones head for hours until
it begins beating drum down under
your belt. Nothing comes of it but
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worry about. A pain in your stomach
can be very real indeed.
| Do the last thing you can do to
help the situation and then leave it.
Turn your back on it and refuse to
worry. Don't take on other folks
worries unless you can do something
about them. Then you don't add an
other worry to what you have. Mind
your own business first, and that
means preserve your own health by
dropping worry. Insist upon smiling
every day. Insist upon finding some
thing cheerful in your life Insist upon
closing your mind to worry. Practice
being cheerful and forgetting. Just
remember you do not have to carry
this world on your shoulders, not even
for minute.
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