Worry
Worrying works. Look at all the things I’ve worried about that never happened. (author Elaine Benton quoting her mother)
With all the advice offered about worrying and its waste of time and effort, this comment is refreshing if not helpful. But isn’t that often our ready response when we are advised to stop worrying? In times of concern, however, it would be far better to seek help among our friends, which may be the beginning of our ability to overcome worry.
Worry weighs a person down; an encouraging word cheers a person up . . . The heartfelt counsel of a friend is as sweet as perfume and incense. (Proverbs 12:25; 27:9)