250311 What I learned in my studies this morning 5

Today's Meditation(s):

Letters on Ethics by Seneca, LXXIV.32-33 (Graver)

"Dont borrow trouble."*

My mom has told me this many times since I was a child. 

She means two things: 1. Don't create problems for no reason. 2. Don't fret about things that haven't happened.

It's a lesson I've tried to use in my life, with varying degrees of success over the years.

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* See also "And which of you by  worrying can add a single hour to his life?" and  "Sufficient unto the day are the evils thereof." (Matthew 6:27, 34)