Quit Your Worrying! - Softcover

“This, like other works by the same author is well worth the reading. Leaves the reader in a healthier attitude both physically and mentally.” -Table Talk

“Wise and helpful observations of a man who has in the past, under the pressure of unhappy conditions, worried himself into most serious illness, from which a long, difficult recovery was made....Mr. James does not fail to realize that one must actively fill the mind with something else to take the place of the worry – indeed, he has words of very practical wisdom and comfort for each and every kind of worrier – but the first and the last of all is: ‘Quit!’” -Forecast

“Helpful material...will be appreciated by those who are afflicted with this curse.” -The Homiletic Review

“There is much more of good common sense in this little volume than its title might at first suggest....It considers worries of different kinds, and gently counsels a general avoidance of all worry as unnecessary and health destroying.” -Atlantic Educational Journal

“Sane, practical and helpful, the work of a man driven insane by worry himself at one time and who fought his way back to the serenity he preaches, it cannot fail to help the reader to quit his futile, wasteful worrying.” -The Public

“This book is written in a sensible, straightforward fashion and is plentifully sprinkled with touches of humor. It discusses the various causes of worry and gives suggestions for their banishment. You can’t change a worrying person suddenly into a well-poised, serene person, but the author believes that with faith in God, trust, and naturalness, we can slough off worry like the dead skin of the serpent and find the way of highest achievement.” -The American Review of Reviews

“Mr. James speaks earnestly and convincingly as to the possibility of deliberately overcoming the habit and entering on a more enjoyable and profitable stage of life. He knows this is not done by simply saying ‘Don’t worry,’ and therefore puts his title more emphatically, with the command to quit, followed up by the kind of talk that helps.” -The Unitarian Register

“This straightforward tackling of a bad habit in the lives of men and women will be helpful to many who have drifted into it when under pressure. Worry is a habit easily acquired, and overcome only with difficulty. Mr. James tells how it may be overcome and how poise may be maintained, and as worry shows inadequacy to meet the world’s demands, so a maintained poise against worry implies efficiency. Mr. James treats his subjects from many angles, always tenderly and wisely. Surely a worrier will be much helped by a study of his methods.” -Record of Christian Work

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

I THE CURSE OF WORRY

II OURS IS THE AGE OF WORRY

III NERVOUS PROSTRATION AND WORRY

IV HOLY WRIT, THE SAGES AND WORRY

V THE NEEDLESSNESS AND USELESSNESS OF WORRY

VI THE SELFISHNESS OF WORRY

VII CAUSES OF WORRY

VIII PROTEAN FORMS OF WORRY

IX HEALTH WORRIES

X THE WORRIES OF PARENTS

XI MARITAL WORRIES

XII THE WORRY OF THE SQUIRREL CAGE

XIII RELIGIOUS WORRIES AND WORRIERS

XIV AMBITION AND WORRY

XV ENVY AND WORRY

XVI DISCONTENT AND WORRY

XVII COWARDICE AND WORRY

XVIII WORRY ABOUT MANNERS AND SPEECH

XIX THE WORRIES OF JEALOUSY

XX THE WORRIES OF SUSPICION

XXI THE WORRIES OF IMPATIENCE

XXII THE WORRIES OF ANTICIPATION

XXIII HOW OUR WORRY AFFECTS OTHERS

XXIV WORRY VERSUS INDIFFERENCE

XXV WORRIES AND HOBBIES