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Show GOOD ANALYSIS OF WORRY Foolish and Altogether Too Prevalent Habit Which All Should Strive to Avoid. Wo worry because wo ori afraid of something. Worry Is fear nf tho consequences con-sequences of somothlng thft has occurred oc-curred or something that may happen. hap-pen. A curious thing about It is that it Is novcr associated with tho immediate imme-diate present It Is generally In tho future, though sometimes In the past. Animals and babies who are conscious con-scious of nothing but tho present cannot can-not worry. As alt creatures, except human beings, llvo only for the moment, mo-ment, they do not orry because thoy havo no recollection of what has happened hap-pened nnd can form no conception of what may happen. Human beings having tho capacity to look back or forward, mentally are susceptible to tha fear that causes worry, and as most persons live more In tho past or future than in tho present, this tendency affects for worry or not, according to our viewpoint view-point of Ilfo In othor respects. Worry Is mental fear ot an Impending somothlng. somo-thlng. Persons aflllctcd will bo less worried about their condition than relatives or frlonds who sympathUo with them. A person may worry In anticipation of n sickness or operation but when they havo tho sickness or tho operation Is performed, tho worry disappears, aud, though they may fear, they cannot worry in tho present |