Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.

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The future doesn’t even exist, and it’s impossible to change something that doesn’t exist.

We can only make predictions about how the future may look like, depending on our own beliefs, fears and expectations, but that’s just our own mind trying to control everything to keep us safe from danger and uncertainty.

“Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.” ―Marcus Aurelius, Meditations.

You can’t change the past either, it’s already gone… You can learn from it, but not make it different.

Don’t waste your precious time trying to control what’s completely out of your hands.

Instead, live the present moment, which is the one and only time where you can actually operate.

Past and future are just in your mind as memories and illusions, they’re not real. They’re just projections of your mind which you can only make from the present.

Right here, right now, is the only thing you have.

Try to stay in that moment as much as you can and you will avoid all the anxiety, overthinking and uneasiness that come when your mind is trying to be elsewhere.

Sign up to discover human stories that deepen your understanding of the world.

Distraction-free reading. No ads.

Organize your knowledge with lists and highlights.

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How can I change the future?

MARCUS AURELİUS

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