mind's time machine

Depressed people live in the past.

They mourn their mistakes, relive the bad luck they ran into, and imagine how life could have been.

Anxious people live in the future.

They imagine what can go wrong, and how little progress they've made.

The most cursed people ping-pong between both past and the future.

They replay old mistakes, which catapult them into future worst-case scenarios that will never happen.

The happiest people live in the present.

They accept yesterday's shadows. Embrace tomorrow’s maybes, and pour all their heart’s energy into the present moment.

If you find yourself lost in time, take a beat.

Drop into now.