The Worriers

A few weeks ago, my dad found a lump on his neck

And out of all of the things that it could have been, I instantly worried in case it was throat cancer.

I think that as a human race, everyone worries too much and automatically assumes the worst about everything.

We worry that eating a slice of pizza will make us gain a pound or that we will never find the love of our life.

We worry about getting into college or getting a job.

We worry about the future.

But if we worry about things too much, it stops us from living our life.

The thing that we are worrying about is always in the back of our minds, festering away and slowly making us go insane.

So we should eat that slice of pizza because one more pound isn’t going to make us so fat that we can’t get out of the door,

And maybe we haven’t found the love of our life yet because it isn’t the right time, but they will come into our lives when we least expect it.

And if we work hard enough, we can easily get into our dream college or get the job that we want.

And about my dad, his test results arrived back from the hospital yesterday,

The lump on his neck just turned out to be a swollen gland.

Reviews

[The Hampstead Poet]

I love this message, a great one to remember...

[Jeannear]

love this! very good message behind it....never take life for granted or worry.....just live life :)

[Moniba]

:) very cool. Thankyou for writing hopeful stuff when the world is dark in itself.

[David Burke]

This is a very true and very well written piece. I love the message behind it and it sounds a lot like what I've said to people over the years I related to it Immensely well done kido

[Abeer until dawn]

Beautiful !! thank you so much for reminding us that we must live, as happy as possible ....

[❤ Maggie ❤..]

Your wording in this piece was perfect. We do worry so much these days. I know I, personally, worry all the time. But you're right, we need to be able to take a step back and look at the good side of things. We need to be able to live life happy and content :)

[FlatLineBeauty]

Good point about worrying too much. I agree, it stops us from living life to our fullest. Happy it was only a swollen gland and not cancer. Amazing write Laura. xo Winter

[Lyn Anderson]

I am not sure the format, but this is a great, perceptive piece. Well done.

[Rosaria_V]

wow. I have chils. I believe that when you have faith so much good can come out of a scary situation. This was truly something anyone can relate to.

[sonnie ibadah]

this is something everybody can relate to. we all worry about things like that. Hell, some are even worried about alien invasion! but then worrying make us miss out a lot of things in this short life.What we need is to live each day as if it's our last. live in the moment and let the next moment worry about itself. thank you for sharing, and great news about your dad!