My anxiety level has just been too high lately, and I am trying to do something about it. In my studies of religions I have not put much effort into understanding Buddhism but I know it started somewhere around 600 years before its Muslim and Christian counterparts. When I came across the quote above I realized it might help in this area.

I just need to do a better job of focusing on the present moment and let the past be the past. Since I don’t have much future left there is no sense of dreaming there. My main dream of the future is that I am still alive after the current Oval Office Occupant has finally left that space, and pray that he hasn’t taken it down, before he exits it.

Focusing on the present, especially at the day-to-day level is where I will spend my time, and even there I will try my best to concentrate on the good things and disregard the rest. I know much of my anxiety is primarily due to the fact I am overthink almost everything. My mind is constantly rehashing events that occurred days before. I get in the mode of “I shoulda said…”. To not do that anymore is one of my most serious challenges.

I have pretty much given up on thinking about religion, but maybe I should study Buddhism some more to see what it can teach me.