Don't sweat the small stuff....

[toxictome]

In the absence of being present, you live in a world of fear, anticipation, regret, anxiety, and stress. Your mind takes you back into the past, reminding you of painful times and your world of troubles, as well as off into the future, encouraging you to worry and fret.    -"Don't Sweat the Small Stuff" daily calendar,May 25

Hence...Remember to STAY IN THE DAY...One day at a time!!!

[corey411]

This is the concept behind the practice of meditation in the Buddhist practice.It is very difficult to stay in the present moment. Meditation, going back to our breathing and learning to sit with all of our emotins...negative ones are esp. difficult but learning to experience them in the moment will transform them as you become conscious of them. We need to train our minds to stop the obsessive thinking we do. It prevents us from living in the moment. . Emotions are the result of past and future thinking and are always the result of a thought. Thought=emotional response=actions. This is so relevent to addiction but has purpose for anger, fear, jealousy  ect. All are the result of thinking outside of the present moment.

"Throughout life the two most futile emotions are guilt for what has been done and worry about what might be done". Dr Wayne Dyer

I don't remember who I am quoting or if I'm getting it right but at the end of this persons life they said, 97% of the things that I worried about in life never happened.

[worried878]

thanks toxic....one day at a time!

[SableZen]

Good stuff. I love philosophy... Reminds me of this thought:

'Now never changes, it has always been now, it will always be now.'

"...The past appears to exist, but it is only a memory in the "now," The future appears to exist, but it too is only as a vision in the "now." Past and future both only appear to exist in this present moment, which is now, the only reality. When in the past a current event or situation was happening it was happening "now." Likewise, when in the future a current event happens, it will be "now." Now is the only reality. Now is infinite and eternal. Now never changes, It has always been now, it will always be now.'"

[kimmieb]

yep, thanks, loved it!!!!

[Becca911]

That is so true, but so hard to do. Today is day 12 clean and I hope to keep this in mind all day.
Thanks

[gizzy32]

SO TRUE. i had to read this a couple times, my mind is a bit slowwwwwwwwwwww today, lol.  always like to read these quotes. ty for putting it up.