Why Worry?

Should there be Worry?

There exists scope to re-examine all that is associated primarily with human life, the arguments presented in my blog entry ‘Is human a complex life?’, say. Let me have close look at worry, something widely accepted as universal, as far as the human race go.

What is worry? If something is associated with our lives, it should be serving a purpose. I therefore think, worry originated as a mental attempt, or a reminder to it, to confront, or avoid, a threat. For the early humans, it would have been a vital part of survival. For example, one worried about a danger in hiding would have been moving around better equipped and with greater care. And if, say a wild animal appeared, since the worry would have been keeping such one’s reflexes sharp, quite appropriate steps would have followed. (The people with such a genetic make up have a greater chance of survival, making worry more widespread, as generations go!)

Over time, worry would have got cemented as a part of human character, each generation celebrating it as a unique facet of the human. Though the original reason for institution of the same would have got lost on the way, as generations went by, worry continues to remain an integral part of the human, thanks to the persistent nature of things. (Which is understandable, for even in this age of language and writing, it is not very easy to get rid of crazy ideas from the past or prevent genuine ones from fading to oblivion)

Thus, as we continued to overcome the dangers, the earlier days posed, the propensity to worry kept on looking for new outlets. As a result, worry has become a part of human life, though no other form is affected by it. Even if we take certain peculiar expression seen among other species as those of anguish, there is no instance of such expressions causing disruption to any activity of life.

But my feeling is that we need not consider worry as a specific issue and prevent manifestations of its volatile nature. In which case, it will occur at diminishing intervals as the need for reflexive reactions dwindle, while human life progress towards the better.