Anxious about what’s next
When you’re anxious about what’s next
Your mind is already living through something that hasn’t happened. Lines from people who knew the feeling, each checked against the original text.
“…we suffer more often in imagination than in reality.”
SenecaLetters to Lucilius, no. 13, §4
For when your mind is already living through something that hasn’t happened.
What it means →“…it is not this thing that disturbs thee, but thy own judgment about it.”
Marcus AureliusMeditations, Book VIII, §47
For when it’s the outside events that have you on edge.
What it means →“Let it be still, and it will gradually become clear.”
Lao TzuTao Te Ching, ch. 15
For when your mind won’t stop running ahead of you.
What it means →
Heavier than a line can hold? Talk is a quieter room.