Reality is here and now.
Everything else is a story.
If I’m worried about something, I can ask myself,
“Is it here?” “Is it now?”
Am I thinking about…
Something that happened before?
Something that may happen later?
Something happening now on the other side of the world, the country, next door or even in the next room?
The only place these things can exist is in my mind.
There may be something happening out there in a different place and time but all I can ever KNOW about that is what I’m thinking and believing about it, here and now. I cannot know what it IS there and then. I don’t have access to that.
If I’m dealing with something that is not here and now, I’m not dealing with reality. I’m dealing with imagination.
And I don’t have to let my imagination run away with my peaceful state of mind. I can question any stressful thought and return to the beautiful gift of reality - here and now.