. . . 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}