Great moments in shedding fear:'Crawling Back To You'

Years later, I still remember the stress melting away, listening to Tom Petty's "Wildflowers" album for the first time. The surprised joy of finding a store that still sold vinyl records — and new ones! — had worn off a bit, and I was listening to Side 4, mostly with a contented smile, but in the back of my heart I still had the stress from some stuff I was going through, and I was tired of being scared of the future. Just then Tom sang:

I'm so tired of being tired
Sure as night will follow day
Most things I worry about
Never happen anyway

"Crawling Back To You" is not my favorite Tom Petty song, but that's my favorite Tom Petty stanza. Truer words may have never been sung.