As more people are finding out about my open heart surgery scheduled for September 21, they are asking me some variation of today’s title question:
Are you nervous?
It’s a good question. I’m not sure how to answer.
If I don’t know how to answer, it makes me less nervous to turn a question around. So I’ll ask you:
Are you nervous?
Are you nervous about
- what’s going on around you?
- what’s going on inside of you?
- politics?
- health care?
- yourself?
- other people?
- the present?
- the future?
- the past?
- your capabilities?
- technology?
- the environment?
- the weather?
- your possessions?
- obligations?
- money?
- staying in shape?
- aging?
- your family?
- pets?
- food?
- social interactions?
- being alone?
- travel?
- cars?
- public transportation?
- friends?
- strangers?
- feelings?
- thoughts?
- change?
- forgetting?
- remembering?
- judgment?
- your living situation?
- religion?
- how other people see you?
- pain?
- death?
- what happens after we die?
- being nervous?
- any of the pictures I took yesterday?
Are you nervous about the music I might choose for this post?
Based on my photos, I’ve nervously chosen two tunes (here and here on YouTube).
Are you nervous about leaving comments?
Are you nervous that I’m going to forget to thank those who helped me create this post or you for reading it?
