Eliminate as much worry and angst from others’ lives as you possibly can, especially as it may relate to those individuals you most love. Worry is the most worthless, cannibalistic emotion known to mankind, so why burden the people you love the greatest with this miserable scourge if you can keep the reasons which are driving it secret from them? In other words, allow those you love to remain unburdened worrying about YOUR personal problems (typically health related), in order that they can focus on more fruitful emotions like happiness, love, and altruism and not waste any of their invaluable time on you. There is a good reason why these are called “personal” problems and not family or communal problems, thus resolve to keep them personal! Be a strong enough person to shoulder one hundred percent of the worry and pain yourself and spare those around you; doing so is indisputably the right thing to do and clearly the logical, mature course of action as well.
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