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Healthy people want many things; sick people want only one.

"Worrying is like sitting in a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it gets you nowhere."

Martin Luther King Jr.
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches.

Worrying is a useless waste of energy.

FEAR is simply a product of the imagination and, being an idea, IS NOT REAL!

Once, when I was a child, I remember wanting two dolls for Christmas. It was during WWII, so not many stores sold toys; people had to make them. So my uncle made me a doll house, and my grandmother repurposed an old doll for me,
On Christmas Day, I was so excited when I found my doll.
But, I was a little spoiled and asked my grandmother if there was “anything else for me.” My grandmother grew up on a S. Texas, so she never minced words. “My dear sweet one,” she said. “You’ve gotta to take the tail with the hide.”
I’ll never forget those words. So true.

Helen Keller was absolutely wonderful. And amazingly powerful and inspiring. There are images and some video clips of the actual Helen Keller.

Here's a link to quotes by Helen Keller:
https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/helen-keller-quotes

I believe this also. But, we have to balance everything. As they say, "everything in moderation."

Then some add a caveat..."everything in moderation, including moderation."

And that is how I believe.

But, I think our society has been sold on being "gung ho."

And it is, I think, too much of a kind of fall back position.

I do not believe that being gung ho is the solution to all problems.

And I also think that being gung ho tends to overshadow other kinds of experiences in life.

The analogy is that, you can run through the Louvre and experience 1000 paintings in just 2 minutes. Or, you can sit with one painting and actually delve into the depth of what is there.

I was sold on being gung ho.

I did a range of extreme things.

Generally, I paid a price, often a big price for them.

I hitchhiked across the country, alone. Had many amazing and wonderful experiences, but two different folks tried to murder me.

I hiked in a bunch of the national parks, but did not do my research and prep. Encounter rattlesnakes and grizzlies. Miracle I am still alive. I think the grizzlies and the snakes give a pass to the excessively stupid.

On and on and on.

Until in my early 40s I became permanently disabled.

re quotes...

Generally, the website Brainy Quotes has some good ones.

I like quotes by Emerson, Whitman, Emily Dickinson and more.

I like this quote by Whitman:

“Do I contradict myself? / Very well then I contradict myself, / (I am large, I contain multitudes.)”

And here's a link to a collection of 6700 quotes, from Bartleby:
https://www.bartleby.com/lit-hub/quotations/

When Plato said, 'Part cannot be well unless the whole is well.' he was not, methinks, just playing with the words; he did mean we cannot simply lose weight if we're overweight, be active if been too sedentary, stop fretting endless hours...., we need to address a Bunch of Areas All at Once even if it means doing less in each area of concern.

This is how it seems to have helped me for a fairly long time (80 yrs)-- despite too many curves in my way. I tried to find friendship in two social groups in the last two days, both I'm afraid. were mostly misfires. But I've two more this week. Sometimes it looks life is a but a ceaseless pursuit of just over-the-horizon promises. If so, so be my lot. I will still try to cherish my time. After all what's the alternative?