My mother used to tell me ‘if you worry you die, if you don’t worry you still die, so why worry. Another one of her favourites was ‘don’t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you’
I have also heard
—-> Worry does not empty tomorrow of its troubles. It empties today of its strength
—-> Worry pretends to be necessary but serves no useful purpose (Eckhart Tolle)
I tend to be a worrier, but it is true that most of what I worry about has not and will not ever happen. My worst times of worry are when I cannot sleep. My brain blows everything out of proportion as I try to find sleep. When I wake up the next day I realise my brain was being ridiculous.