Oh Shit Is This Going To Happen To Me

Oh Shit Is This Going To Happen To Me

As we watch our parents get older, slower, fatter or thinner and with problems like cancer or diabetes, do you say to yourself: "oh shit is this going to happen to me?" If you do, what are you willing to do about it?  Unfortunately, most of us do nothing.


However, if we do nothing, then we put ourselves in a position to worry about it. Just because you have cancer in your family doesn't mean you'll get cancer. My father's mother died from a bad gall bladder. My father's sisters all died before their 65th birthday from either cancer or heart disease. However, my father never got any of these diseases and lived until he was 86.


On the other hand, my sister died of cancer at 64. Life is a crap shoot. Looking at other people and thinking: "oh shit is this going to happen to me," isn't productive and will suck the happiness right out of you.


Why not focus on something positive and say: "WOW, this could happen to me!" Someone 3000 miles away from you hits the Mega Millions Lottery for 200 million dollars. Why not say: "WOW, this could happen to me!" The reason we usually don't think this way is because our natural course of life is focusing on the negative. Break that way of thinking and buy a lottery ticket. It could be you next time.


It's not stupid to think: "oh shit is this going to happen to me." However, it is stupid if you don't do something about it. If there is cancer or diabetes in your family and you're worried that it can happen to you, why not get regular checkups with your doctor? Why not eat foods that help avoid cancer or diabetes? Why not keep yourself in great shape by exercising?


The answer is, worrying about something that can happen to you is easier than doing everything you can to prevent it from happen to you. But, because it's hard, too many of us just roll the dice and put our head in the sand thinking it won't happen to them. 


Starting today, for every time you would say: "oh shit is this going to happen to me?" Find at least two positive things happening and say:  "WOW, this could happen to me!"

It's just a better way to live your life. Doing so will bring you positive energy. Doing so will be more attractive to the people around you. Doing so will make you more popular.

My strong advice is to stop hanging out with the people who always say: "Oh Shit Is This Going To Happen To Me."