As I write this, Hurricane Irma is bearing down on my son and his family. Also, to the north and to the south of me are wildfires burning 1000s of acres. Why worry? Most of the things we worry about never happen. Of those things which DO happen, they are usually not as bad as we expect. The chances of something going terribly wrong are very small.

The living-the-dream mindset is free of worry. Sure, we want to be ready for eventualities. It is a sign of foolishness to know a storm is coming a...