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# Two things to worry about
- URL: https://www.gilespcroft.com/two-things-to-worry-about/
- Published: 2026-04-30T06:00:15.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-07T10:42:09.000Z
- Description: When two becomes one, becomes none… as related by Syd Banks 😆
- Author: Giles P Croft
- Tags: Sydney Banks, Anxiety, Comics, IMPLICATIONS, Metaphor, Religion, Stress

Yesterday I pointed out [a funny thing that Eckhart Tolle said](https://www.gilespcroft.com/not-knowing/) in one of his seminars, and if you've ever spent time listening to audios or watching videos of spiritual teachers (as I have!) you'll note they all have cracking senses of humour.

There's something about the utter nonsense of the human condition—torturing ourselves with [illusions](https://www.gilespcroft.com/you-wont-believe-your-eyes/)—that invites ridicule.

[Sydney Banks](https://sydneybanks.com/about/?ref=gilespcroft.com), the enlightened Scottish welder who shared his understanding with the world (and you, through these Daily Reminders) was no exception – there's no end to the number of cheesy jokes he drops into his lectures.

Take this one—an Irish proverb he relates—at the [20:54 mark](https://youtu.be/Z-uhTdTAZ3k?si=Zdx6XmH1bPOtr75v&t=1253&ref=gilespcroft.com) of his [Washington Lectures](https://sydneybanks.com/?ref=gilespcroft.com#video):

> *“In this world, there's only two things to worry about:* 
> *Either you're sick, or you're well.* 
> *If you're well, there's nothing to worry about.* 
> *If you're sick, there's only two things to worry about:* 
> *Either you live, or you die.* 
> *If you live, there's nothing to worry about.* 
> *But if you die, there's two things to worry about:* 
> *You either go to heaven, or you go to hell.* 
> *If you go to heaven, there's nothing to worry about.* 
> *And if you go to hell, you'll be so busy shaking hands with all your friends, there's nothing to worry about!”*

😂🤣

It brings to mind this hilarious cartoon from the peerless [Beetle Moses](https://beetlemoses.bigcartel.com/?ref=gilespcroft.com):

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/f3/9bf3d316-7d32-494b-814f-a7d94d6358c3/content/images/2026/04/2026-04-30-Two-things-to-worry-about.jpg.JPG)](https://x.com/beetlemoses/status/1868396625917567133?s=20&ref=gilespcroft.com)

First seen on [Twitter](https://x.com/beetlemoses/status/1868396625917567133?s=20&ref=gilespcroft.com) (give him a follow)! Here's [another banger](https://x.com/beetlemoses/status/1872338158496759973?s=20&ref=gilespcroft.com) 😂

👼🏻

Giles

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