Worry

Mark Twain (and possibly many other people) said" I have had many troubles in my life most of which have never happened". I have found this to be very true. The times I have dreaded something happening only for the feared event to pass off peacefully or, indeed, not to take place at all. Most of us are worriers. The best advice, which I can never remember at the crucial moment, is if you can do something about it, do it now. If it is beyond your control, stop worrying. Easier to say than to do.
Cousin Kath was a worrier. Indeed, an arch-worrier. She went on a tour to Egypt with her sister. One of the arranged excursions was a visit by minibus to a sacred temple in the desert. Their minibus joined three others and they set off. When the buses stopped Kath found visiting the temple in volved quite a walk. As she had a sore foot she decided to stay in the bus until the party returned. After a while she looked up from her book rather apprehensively as her driver opened the door and ushered in three men. They went to the back of the bus and squatted down on the floor talking animatedly. Kath cowered into the corner of her seat wondering how to call for help and where from. She waited for a fate worse than death. .....after some time there was a great shout of laughter and the men rose to their feet and came purposefully towards her. As each one passed he saluted her. Then her driver said to her "You O.K. Missy?" It then dawned on her that the three men were the other three drivers and that they had been innocently playing cards to pass the waiting time.