Worry: Praying for What We Don’t Want

Jenny Lane
2 min readMar 31, 2022
Art/Photo by author Jenny Lane

To say I don’t worry, at all, now that’s a lie. But when I heard this,

Worrying is like praying for something we don’t want.

It was a recircuitry for my brain.

“I worry about you, that’s my job.”

Why though? Is it your job to have anxiety for me?

Caring for and having concern at times for the people I love when they make certain choices, I do that.

At the end of the day, it’s your life, though. No amount of worry will make the situation better.

It’s just suffering in my mind, twice. Yikes.

Resuffering, definitely not something I need. About a situation that may, or may not happen.

Maybe it will happen but maybe it won’t and I certainly don’t need to suffer twice.

Is worry actually a sign of care?

It isn’t some neon light that shows me that you love me. In fact, it does the opposite.

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Jenny Lane

An overthinking human who writes to make room in her mind and peace in our hearts. Art and words are my love letters to the world.