Don't know what okra is Joan, it does not sound very good. It is so easy to slip down this dark road. Chocolate cake sounds much better.

It's an awakening Andre, it's the moment you realize that you have a choice. You can choose to be happy (positive route), or you can choose to be miserable (nothing to be gained route). May as well be happy. I'd rather eat chocolate cake than okra. Do you have okra in South Africa? Well, maybe fried it's alright. You are so right about attracting the energy you put out. Every time someone here has talked about an IM frustration, myself included, they follow it up the next day all positive with an important lesson they learned. So you see, there's a gift in every experience. If worrying could change things for the better, I'd volunteer. I can be a veritable Greek chorus, but it's not the right path to follow. See successful outcomes always. You are creating every second.

great post! That's the mindset that will take you where you want to be. :)

I understand. I really do. The bad things you lose sleep over and "churn" over rarely ever do materialize. And, even if they did, what good would the worry and angst do? This is a biggie for me--and I've noticed that people with fertile imaginations can be both the biggest worrywarts AND the most unfailingly positive folks. It really does seem to be a matter of directing where you'll let your imagination go. I actually have a few friends I've coached to keep me from "catastrophizing." I'll start going down a road of how bad things could get...and they are instructed to rein me in quickly. :-) Humor is a great anti-catastrophizing tool! Best wishes, Andre...life is GOOD. ~ Maureen