What what are we supposed to do?
I keep saying: Deemphasize anxiety. Reassure people.
You meet people who say: “You know, I’m really scared!”
“I’m scared about my job. I’m scared about my rela- I’m scared, scared, scared.”
And the answer is: Don’t worry!
You don’t know enough- to worry.
That‘s God’s truth.
Who do you think you are, that you should worry? For crying out loud?
I mean, it’s a total waste of time!
It presupposes such a knowledge of the situation- that it is in fact a form of hubris (arrogance).
You know.. No, what you do is: Just pay your bills and, you know, pack heat (get a gun) if you need to- And:
Don’t worry!
That’s all.
[..] Worry is praying to the devil. That’s great. Worry is betting against yourself.
You know, Wei Po Yang, the great Chinese daoist, who wrote many many commentaries on the I-Ching- He was asked at the end of his life: What was his conclusion of a life of studying the I-Ching? And he said:
Worry is preposterous.
That was it.