We can spend a lot of time in the present thinking about the future, making the present quite miserable in the process. I was reading a letter in which a person said she was so afraid because she was sick. Her fear was all based on projecting the things that had not yet happened and creating scenarios that did not exist, and then being miserable about it.

In the same way, sometimes we look into the future and see something that seems quite exciting, that we think is going to bring us some happiness. We get this kind of giddy, excited feeling even though the incident has not happened yet. This excitement stirs up our minds, takes us out of experiencing the present, connecting with people, and making our present life meaningful. It is always good to realise that the future has not happened. Although we do make plans for it, so we have some idea of what will be happening. Try not to hold too tightly to any of that, come back to the present, and make your life meaningful right now. The present is all we have whilst alive.

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