The dependable one

No Worries, But Actually Many Worries

For everyone who says “no worries” while spiritually holding seventeen worries and a backup plan.

No worries.

The official slogan of people who are, in fact, carrying many worries.

We say it because we want to be easy. Helpful. Calm. Reliable. We say it because somewhere along the way, we learned that needing things made us complicated.

But every “no worries” has a cost if it keeps replacing the truth.

Sometimes the truth is: I can help, but not by today. I need more information. This is a bigger lift than it sounds. I am at capacity. I care, but I cannot carry this alone.

Small prompt: Where did I say “no worries” when I meant “I need support”?