Hakuna Matata
It’s means no worries…. Right?
But how can you say that?
He just found out that his dad is dead and you tell him not to worry?
So why do people say that?
How can you tell a person to “not worry, everything will be alright” when it might not be.
Your mom is in the hospital and might not make it.
You were just in a car accident and might not walk again.
You just lost your job and have no means to support yourself, or family.
But don’t worry.
That’s not what people want to hear.
That’s not what people need to hear.
Why give them that false hope?
“Your mom will be fine, but don’t worry” …. And she dies.
“You’ll never walk again, but don’t worry”
“You have no money, but don’t worry”
That’s bullshit
Don’t tell them not to worry, give them that false hope, only to have it ripped away.
Don’t feed them the empty bumper sticker theology.
Don’t give them meaningless care.
Give them love.
Give them hope.
Show them that they are not alone.
No. Everything will not be okay.
But that’s okay.
It’s okay to worry.
It’s okay to cry.
It is okay that you are not okay.
So I don’t buy the famous phrase “don’t worry, be happy”
I don’t buy the empty comfort words “don’t worry”
Because sometimes you will worry
Sometimes everything will not be okay.
But when the clouds part.
When the sun shines.
When everything is okay once again.
That’s when I believe that phrase.
Don’t worry.
I’m happy.
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