'I Can't Stop Worrying About The Entire World'

Forgive yourself. Get practical. Cultivate toughness.

At Close of Day (1941) by Maxfield Parrish

Dear Polly, 

I feel seized by anxiety. I have elderly parents and I'm terrified of something happening to them. My parents are strong. They are survivors. They survived a war, genocide, and came to America as refugees with nothing and built a life for us. But they're OLD. And on top of worrying about them getting…