The major causes of anxiety, fear, failure, and depressions according to Eckhart Tolle are large because many people are either living in the past or living in the future. You have less tendency to be happy when you focus more on the past, and when you focus too much on the future.
Instead of focusing on either the future or the past, you should try focusing on the NOW. You’ll observe that the gravity of your problem might be minimal or nothing at all. Learn to connect with things around you, your friends, family, and all the beautiful moments surrounding you.
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The past is set and the future unpredictable, either take action or stop worrying about them, as it accomplishes nothing.
Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
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