You have purposes in your anxieties...
...One message is obvious: If I imagine the worst, I will be more prepared for it. Worry is looking for control. It is still irrational because worry will not prepare us for anything, but at least it has its reasons.
...Going one step further to track this message back to its origins, there is an entire worldview implicit in some worry. It cries out about an ultimate aloneness. There is no one who can really help. No one can rescue. No one is really looking out for you...
...we can find a selfish bent to our lives. If that is true, it is likely even our worry reflects some self-centredness : worry puts the focus on me.
Running Scared, p53
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