- You could kill someone with that knife if you turned around too quickly.
- You left the oven on. The coffee on. The iron on.
- Where is the car?
- There will be a spider in the oven mitt when you put it on.
- Is that a lump?
- Is that a tick?
- Is that a water stain?
- The engine light
- The burglar alarm
- You have cancer. They have cancer. He, she, or it has cancer.
- There could be a Level 3 sex offender in your neighborhood.
- The water heater should not be that loud.
- The house is falling down the hill.
- You live too close to the railroad tracks. Airport. 200 ft high dam.
- There is too much paint stored in the garage.
- Killer Bees
- You will never get another job.
- You will shoot everyone at your present job.
- This list isn't funny. You're just crazy. Or I'm just crazy.
One of us is crazy. You decide.
Those are called "floating anxieties" and I think everyone has them to one degree or another -- We're not really crazy but maybe sometimes over-cautious. Some of it comes from not having enough other stuff to occupy our minds. :o) Marn
ReplyDeleteI thought I was the only one who worried about the spider in the oven mitt. The gardening gloves. The shoe. -- Dr. A.
ReplyDeleteWhat if I drop my daughter? What if she wakes up, gets out of the crib, opens the window, and falls out? What if a bear comes out of the woods and attacks her? What if I lose my job?
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