05 August 2012

. . . don't worry ~ be happy . . .

. . . a number one hit from 1988 . . .
. . . the first time ever 
for an a cappella song . . .
. . . with all of the parts 
and instruments 
"sung" by bobby mcferrin . . .
{robin williams is an absolute lunatic in the music video}


. . . "don't worry ~ be happy" . . .
. . . catchy lyrics, 
but, in my estimation, 
not easily accomplished . . .
. . . i'm usually 
pretty frivolous and silly 
on this here blog . . .
. . . but under that frivolity, 
and especially today, 
i worry . . .

. . . i worry as i watch 
too many people suffer . . .
. . . people i love most dearly . . .

. . . suffering that's 
hard to understand . . .

. . . what's the point? . . .

. . . what are we supposed 
to learn from this? . . .

. . . why us? . . .

. . . why now? . . .

. . . why? . . .
. . . why? . . .
. . . why? . . .

. . . and then lots of times, 
the "why, why, why" 
turns into "wah, wah, wah" . . .

. . . and it's so easy to get caught 
in that downward spiral . . .
. . . until i have to sort of slap myself
 and snap out of it . . .

. . . worrying is ineveitable . . . 

. . . the challenge is to stay happy
 through it all . . .
. . . i'm trying . . .
. . . because i'm really 
so very blessed . . .

. . . think happy thoughts . . .
{like robin williams}



2 comments:

vicki said...

So very true! I need to read this post about once a day.

Carol said...

What an awesome post Steph...I need to print this one off and keep it in my pocket at all times...pull it out and read it...thank you! I'm so sorry that you're worrying and a loved one is having a hard time. Take care.