Dimanche, octobre 4, 2009
— Sometimes I find myself thinking about all those times when I find myself thinking about other times when I all I could do was think about other times I was thinking. This is what happens when I have nothing important to think about. I do the same thing when I worry—when I worry, it’s never actually about anything important. For example, if I am obliged to speak in public I will get nervous. First because I have to speak in front of people, and that just makes me nervous. But then I start getting nervous that I will get nervous when the time for speaking arrives. This doesn’t make sense; if I’m nervous about getting nervous, then I’m already nervous, right? So then I worry about getting nervous about getting nervous about being nervous. “—We have to follow Emerson’s advice to treat people as though they were real, because, perhaps they are… “ —W.G.

— Sometimes I find myself thinking about all those times when I find myself thinking about other times when I all I could do was think about other times I was thinking. This is what happens when I have nothing important to think about. I do the same thing when I worry—when I worry, it’s never actually about anything important. For example, if I am obliged to speak in public I will get nervous. First because I have to speak in front of people, and that just makes me nervous. But then I start getting nervous that I will get nervous when the time for speaking arrives. This doesn’t make sense; if I’m nervous about getting nervous, then I’m already nervous, right? So then I worry about getting nervous about getting nervous about being nervous.

“—We have to follow Emerson’s advice to treat people as though they were real, because, perhaps they are… “

—W.G.

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