We suffer more often in imagination than in reality. – Seneca What does it mean to suffer in our imagination? When you start asking “what if…” with bad outcomes in mind, you are suffering in your imagination, instead of in reality. But, it’s good to be prepared, right? It’s good to expect the worst and…
Perhaps you’ve had people tell you, as I have many times before, that optimism isn’t realistic; that to be a realist is to naturally become a pessimist. After all, you can’t be disappointed if you are expecting disappointment, right? To be optimistic, they would say, is to look at the world with rose-colored glasses, choose…
