My OperaWednesday, July 31, 2013 8:55:05 PM
"Whenever you are insecure
about what may happen in the future,
just remember this:
In the past six months or one year
you were so insecure about events
which when they finally came
you were able to handle somehow.
Thanks to the energy and the resources that
that particular present moment gave you,
and not to all the previous worrying,
which only made you suffer needlessly
and weakened you emotionally.
So say to yourself:
"If there is anything I can do about the future,
right now, I shall do it.
Then I'm going to just leave it alone
and settle down to enjoy the present moment,
because all the experience of my life
has shown me that I can only cope with things
when they are present,
not before they occur.
And that the present always gives me
the resources and the energy I need
to deal with them."
Fr. Anthony DeMello, in "The Way to Love"
