Take into consideration all your mental thought processes. All the thoughts you have about the past, thoughts you have about the future. Considering all those thoughts, how much time do you spend thinking about the present?
Think of time as a triangle. With the past, present, and future all on three points of the triangle. How much of your mental time is spent focused on the past? How much time is spent on the future? How much time is spent in the present?
Typically, the more time someone spends in the past the more susceptible they are to depression and anger and the more time they spend in the future the more susceptible they are to anxiety and worry.
The goal should be to increase the ability to be present focused and enjoy each moment as it comes along.
Elan Javanfard, M.A., L.M.F.T.
MFC #87054
“ ...and tho’ we are not now that strength
which in old days moved earth and heaven,
that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”