Some of your hurts you have cured,
And the sharpest you still have survived,
But what torments of grief you endured
From the evil which never arrived.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Have you discovered yet the connection between the thoughts you think and the emotions you feel? Have you noticed how your emotions reflect your thoughts?
It doesn’t matter whether you’re thinking of the past, present or future, or whether it’s real or imagined, you respond emotionally and that emotional state is real. Yet the future is the future. It hasn’t happened yet!
Rein in your mind, my friend, and focus it such that you feel good. There’s no sense in suffering unnecessarily.