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    “It isn’t actually non-doing that generates anxiety, but rather fretting about doing or not doing.  When I’m simply in the moment, without worrying about what I ought to be doing, my mind is at ease.  It’s when I try to microplan everything that my imagination runs amok – because I can’t really know what will happen.” ~ Robert Kull, Solitude

      “Anxiety is part of our human condition, and we need to learn to treat it as an old friend, or least a familiar acquaintance.  Many therapists say to do something to avoid anxiety, but in such endless activity much of our experience – joyful and painful – is lost.  Seems like a hard bargain.” ~ Robert Kull, Solitude

        “And that’s the trick.  Somehow in looking back, almost any situation seems to have been ok.  The challenge is to live that acceptance in the present, not just in memory.” ~ Robert Kull, Solitude

          “Anxiety is nothing but fear inspired by an imagined future collapse.  It is the failure of trust.”

          Thomas Moore, Original Self | ★ Featured on this book list.

            “Every time we use the present to stress about the future, we’re choosing to sacrifice joy today to mourn joy we might not have tomorrow.” ~ Lori Deschene, Tiny Buddha

              “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

                “Much of our anxiety and inner struggle stems from our busy, overactive minds always needing something to entertain them, something to focus on, and always wondering, ‘what’s next?'” ~ Richard Carlson, Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff

                  Don't fill your head with worries. There won't be room for anything else!

                    “The more we worry about time, the more time is lost to worrying.” ~ Unknown