Everything will be fine... or at least, not too bad

Ever notice that most of the things you worry about don't end up being as bad as you expect them to be?

When I was a teenager I remember being worried about a presentation I had to do at school. When I spoke to my dad about it, he said not to worry, that most of those things aren't half as bad as you think they're going to be, and half the time they end up not happening anyway.

When he said that, I thought back to a play my friends and I were meant to be doing in Music class. I didn't want to perform to the whole class! Luckily, the teacher had postponed it from the day we were supposed to do it, and she said we would do it the week after. What she didn't realise was that the following week we weren't going to be in school, due to a bank holiday, teacher training day, or something similar. Naturally, I kept my mouth shut about that minor detail, and because it was the end of the school year, we never had to do the play. So when my dad mentioned how these things aren't that bad, I remembered the play that wasn't, and felt more optimistic.

I can't remember if I ended up having to give that particular presentation, which I suppose is another lesson in itself - even the things we don't like don't last forever and end up getting forgotten about. I can't even remember what class the presentation was going to be for.