I used to be a chronic “what if” girl.
I would play out scenarios in my head until I had myself so tied in knots over all of the bad possibilities of what could be.
One scenario would lead to the next, and to the next until I would have myself all wound up. I would have a knot in my stomach, shaking legs, and jumbled thoughts.
I did this for years.
Over time, I realized that no matter how bad something was, it was never as bad as I imagined it was going to be.
The storm didn’t blow my house away, the person wasn’t as angry as I thought, the bee sting didn’t hurt like I thought it would.
I have started to realize that we all have incredible imaginations but that we are terrible “future tellers”.
If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present. – Lao Tzu
So far every time I’ve checked, in this moment I am always ok.
And that’s the best place to hang out.