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Show ilni un mi t mi ii mini if i IfTi.i DR. .SLATER M. DOZIER, 532 Knollwood Drive, Falls Church, Virginia, Vir-ginia, says he always has been a chronic worrier and was rather proud of it! When he first began practicing medicine, he many times found himself una"ble to sleep because of worry about his patients. He made a vigorous effort to determine the cause of his unrest and discovered dis-covered that cases which worried him most were the ones in which he had not been as thorough as he should have been. Thereafter, when this situation occurred, he would dress and go to the patient telling him he happened to be in his section of town and decided to see how he was feeUng. If no lights were burning in those small town homes, he did not bother to stop as he knew all was well. However, if there were lights burning, he went into the home and even if it required three or more hours to complete a thorough job of diagnosis and to explain proper treatment, he remained in that home until the job was completed com-pleted to his satisfaction. The employment of this CARNEGIE method always enabled him to sleep like a child when he finally went to bed. He believes that the presence of worry is an indication that a person j is serious, conscientious and deeply concerned with the problems which 1 confront him, but that by learning to control and direct worry we are driven onward to better, more perfect attainments. However, if we do not control worry, it can produce an emotional situation within us which will lead to frustration, misery and ill health, and determine whether we are happy and a success, or miserable and a failure. |