Do you ever feel sad about the world

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I cried last night. I felt really emotional about life and the people I care about. In the town I live in a mother and her children were hit by a drink driver and the mum died. I think this and the awful stabbings in Stockport the other week with the rioting has got to me. Teenagers egging cars and just being vile to people.
My parents are getting old and my dad tried to do some of my gardening yesterday. He is late 60s and has mild lung problems. He over did it and had a funny turn. He was sat on my grass struggling and it broke my heart thinking how many more decades will I have a mum and dad. Then i got sad about my kids. My 9 year old is going into year 5 and she's always had friends but always been unable to remain close to any girls for more than a year. She is a sensitive and reserved person who overthinks. I'm so worried about the fact in 2 years I'll be having to let her walk by herself and not have the power to keep her safe. What if people are horrible to her when I'm not there. Such heavy thoughts.

I'm not depressed I'm just having a sentimental couple of days. I can't imagine my kids being adults one day and these little people not being here anymore.

Please tell me I'm not alone.

Everyone with a heart and a mind feels like this sometimes, OP.

‘Lacrimae rerum ….
The world is a world of tears, and the burdens of mortality touch the heart’.

That was the poet Virgil more than two thousand years ago. We might say that the ability to understand the concept of future mortality is what singles us out as human.

Your dad could be around for another 30 years so that is a long time to be worried about his decline.

I remember worrying about a potential nuclear war in the 1980s indeed even as a very young person in the 1970s. That was a fairly pointless worry as world events were outside my control.

As someone much older and who has lost both parents I regret any time spent worrying about their demise. Instead, plan wonderful days out with them and create great memories.

I also worried about the vulnerabilities of my little girl but now as a graduate she is travelling the Far East.

I have a disabled son and was going mad with worry. In order to deal with this I was taught to live for the day and try not to worry about the future. For parents of adult kids with SEN the future is not something we can cope with.

Worry really achieves nothing …just enjoy the lovely day.

Thank you. I'm just feeling so sad. I love my kids and this has been the first summer I've had real time to give them. Me and their dad separated and whilst me and him get on one of the reasons I left was he was incapable of running the house and was like a 3rd child messing it up and not sorting anything. I actually get to enjoy the garden and being with them properly. Seeing them running about and making a mess (even though the mess is stressful) it's still been so lovely. I have had a word with myself to enjoy it and not get stressed as the kids are having a blast with water and paint.

I will try cheer up today and not be so heavy.