Peanuts by Charles Schulz for October 17, 2019

bummer, Franklin

If you’ve done a lot of studying Franklin, what’s to worry about?

Been there. Done that.

Worrying clearly works. The things I worry about rarely come to pass.

Mark Twain said, “I’ve known a lot of troubles in my life … and a few of them actually happened.”

You can always worry about the baggage retrieval system they’ve got at Heathrow.

When I was a child, my cousin lived next door to us and we’d walk to school together. My mom knew when I had a test: my cousin would show up 15 minutes early.

In that regard, she was a bit like Charlie Brown. I, on the other hand, take more after Snoopy.

The next time you find yourself thinking unhappily about something, ask yourself, “Am I planning a solution, or am I just worrying?” If it is the latter, replace the worry with prayer. Prayers are never wasted, even when they appear to be unanswered.

When I was in school, I never worried before taking tests. I always went in confident that I would do well, and then worried that I had done badly after the test was over.

It wasn’t a waste, Franklin. It helped you study hard enough for that A!

My boy, Franklin Armstrong is one mellow dude. Schultz has to pull a lot of strings to get this boy into the strip.

Would Peppermint Patty get an A ?

Make a list in the morning of all your worries for the coming day then check the list at the end of the day to see how many actually occurred . If you think about it nearly all worries are wasted. You really only have to worry about that word ‘nearly’.

I rarely worried until the morning of the test. Then I’d panic! And wind up with a D on the test. I’d always tell myself that I’d study for the next one. But why worry about it. Then the next test would come, and I’d do the same thing all over again. Eventually I actually graduated high school—-with a good solid D average!

“Consider the lilies of the field…”

I suspect Franklin added studying with the worry.

Often worry will make you work harder. That’s what worry and fear are for: To spur you to action!

most worrying is wasted unless it impels one to be better prepared

The biggest worriers about tests often get the best grades, but some are whiners about not getting perfect grades. Those have few friends.

Cramming is the worst way to learn and the fastest way to forget what you do learn. You should have learned as they went with simple reviews. Get a good nights rest.

That wasn’t the real test, Franklin… it was just… a test.

Wasted good worry?Doesn’t make sense