The danger of caring too much.

Caring can be perilous. If one cares too much.  I keep muttering, 'Be careful, Jim, in picking the things and the people that you care about.' Yes, I'm cautious. Because I don't want to be consumed. By caring. I've seen it happen to others. They cared themselves to death.  Because they never stopped caring. About this and that. About virtually everything. They were non-stop carers.  They even cared about stuff over which they had absolutely no control. Oh, I care about many matters. But I also know how to shut off the caring. My going into isolation. Into my cocoon. A hideout. From the rest of the world.  Emerging. Only when I have the stamina. To cope. And to care. Rested and rejuvenated. --Jim Broede