The Economist on growing anxiety in America

Ordinary Americans are anxious.  Gallup, a polling firm, regularly asks Americans if they are satisfied with how things are going.  From 1980 until the early 2000s, a little more than 40%, on average, said they were.  Over the past two decades that has dropped to 25%.

~ "The envy of the world: The American economy has left other rich countries in the dust. Expect that to continue...," The Economist, October 19, 2024

Lao Tzu on living in the present

If you're depressed, you're living in the past. 

If you're anxious, you're living in the future. 

If you're at peace, you're living in the present. 

~ Lao Tzu