“In your very planning, you are sowing the seeds of disappointment. In your very worrying about the future, you are wasting the present; and slowly, slowly it becomes your second nature to worry about the future. So when the future comes, it will come as the present; and because of your habit of worrying about the future, you will waste that moment also in worrying. You will go on worrying about the future for your whole life. You will stop only when death comes and takes away all possibility of the future. You missed your whole life: you could have lived – but you only planned. Live intensely and totally now, because the next moment will be born out of this moment; and if you have lived it totally and joyously, you can be absolutely certain that the next moment will bring more blessings, more joy.”
Peace In Every Step, Thich Nhat Hanh
As with all spiritual teachings, I find this message beautiful and inspiring, but also very hard to practice.
Nils And Jonas, on their blog
I notice that we seem to be trying to “will it away”, to overcome the force of worrying about the future, to struggle with it.
Well, how’s that workin’ for ya?
The practical addition that is needed is a full on assault on our beliefs around danger, safety, self power. If we deal with those beliefs of doubt and danger, and become truly proactive about life, we can become virtually “Fearless”. Wouldn’t you love that?!!!
After all, isn’t it fear that is behind our worrying about the future? And isn’t it useless to do worrying in the non-thinking lower brains, as they seldom solve the real problem.
Follow the (free) Fear/Anxiety Management Program, until you get to the point of being virtually fearless and experiencing virtually no anxiety all day.
It’s worth the time and effort...in fact it is priceless, for then you get to fully live life!
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