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Show ailieCariieoe JAMES M McAiear. 72 Woodlawn Avenue. Needham. Massachusetts, layi that two years ago worry had him well on the road toward a nervous breakdown He was without doubt, he declares, the most apprehensive person and the biggest "worry wart" In the country. What was he worrying about? The usual things that people worry about' First his work was getting the best of htm He would go to the office prepared to do a good day's work mid get things done efficiently Then interruptions interrup-tions would start Interruptions from the telephone, the unscheduled conference with the boss, the out-of-town customer, and so on and so oa The result would be nothing accomplished At night he couldn't sleep. Then he began to doubt himself. Decisions that he had made In good faith, he would wonder ii he shouldn't lecall rinantiaiiy he was secure He hadn I over-ex- rlBVrriip tunded himself but no sooner had he paid one bill CARNFGIE when be would begin to worry whether he would be able to pay the next. Finally he realized that the worst thing that could happen to him was to loie his health So he began to worry about that! Then he suddenly made the luckiest decision in his life He first sought the advice of three people: his wife, his pastor and his doctor. In each case the recommendation was the same. "Live for today", and let tomorrow take care of itself lie decided to do Just that and now he doesn't worry about his work If he can't gut it done today then there is slways tomorrow. When he makes a decision It Is made, and he know he will make both good and bad ones, but he finds that the good decisions outnumber the bad ones. |