“Much depends on meeting my problems head on, calmly estimating their real character, refusing to exaggerate them, and then drowning them out with an inspiring thought.” (ODAT, 9 April)
The past is not here.
If I’m troubled about the past, I’m really troubled by a present thought about the past.
The thought has no more innate significance than the statements ‘broccoli is green’ or ‘broccoli is pink’.
When I’m reacting to a thought, two things are happening:
I’m not responding to the moment.
I’m treating a thought like an experience.
This is a double crime.
The inspiring thought reframes.
But to stay in thought misses the point.
The point is to come back to the moment.