Parade magazine had an article yesterday called: What Should You Worry About?
I was very surprised and disturbed to find out that a lot of what worries me the most, is highly unlikely to happen.
Here’s a few interesting statistics from the piece:
Elephants kill more people than sharks each year.
75% of murder victims know their assailants; seven out of ten rape victims do too.
When it comes to identity theft, nearly half of ID theft victims are ripped off by someone they know, and 90% of thefts happen offline!
I know many of us seem to be pre-wired to worry, but what a waste of energy! You’re probably worrying about the wrong thing anyway. I like this saying when it comes to worry:
Worry is like interest paid in advance, on a debt that may never come due.
The most important information I gleaned from this article is:
Choose your friends very carefully!
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I thought it was a great article, too! It made me wonder if I should listen to the media at all…
Yes, Melodee, it seems most media has turned into total fear mongering! Perhaps they’ve found that’s the only way to motivate us to do anything, including read their lame articles, hehehe!!! -Laura Lee