30% of the things we worry about, have already happened. Nothing in the world is going to change what already has happened.
12% of the things we worry about are needless imaginings about our health. Do I have cancer? Is that a tumor I feel? My leg hurts. My daddy died of a heart attack when he was sixty, and I'm 59.
10% of our worries are petty-little-nothings about what other people think. And we can't do nothing about what other people think.
8% is left over...for legitimate concerns. Please note that usually these legitimate concerns are things that can be dealt with.
The above percentages are from a wonderful book I am reading called The Noticer: Sometimes, all a person needs is a little perspective, by Andy Andrews. It is an easy, but powerful read; told in novel form about an old man who visits a town that shares with folks in need, the perspective they need to have better lives. The author shares some of his own story, of losing both parents in a relatively short period of his life, ending up living under a state park pier, when he gets visited by Jones, the old man with unique perspectives on all things life.
I highly recommend this book.
Paz,
Eradio
