There is a familiar story of a man who was a worrier. It showed in his face and his posture. He seemed to carry the weight of the world on his shoulders.

However, one day this man changed. He had a bounce to his step. It was as if he had not a care in the world. A friend asked what had happened.

“Well,” he confided, “as you know I have always been one to worry. I have decided that this is both unwise and unhealthy, so I have hired someone to do my worrying for me.”

“But how much does this cost you?” the friend asked.

“Oh, about $1,000 a week,” the man replied.

“But how can you afford to pay this man who worries for you?” was the astonished response.

The man answered calmly, “That’s his worry!”

I wish it was that easy for some of us to get rid of our worries, don’t you?

In a Peanuts…