How to Stop Worrying: An Ancient Life Hack from Prison
Kelly Walters
“Don’t worry, be happy.” This phrase quickly became a brain worm when Bobby McFerrin turned it into a Grammy award-winning song in 1988. It implies that the solution to stop worrying is quite simple. The only problem is that it doesn’t work. There is a way to stop worrying, or at least to keep you from drowning in it. This anti-anxiety life hack was not developed by a psychology professor in an ivory tower, nor was it produced by the latest AI program in a supercomputer. Rather, it comes from a letter written in prison by the Apostle Paul nearly 2,000 years ago. Anyone who has struggled with persistent anxiety...
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