Two of my favorites: “There are more things … likely to frighten us than there are to crush us; we suffer more often in imagination than in reality.” - Seneca “I’ve suffered a great many catastrophes in my life. Most of them never happened.” - Mark Twain

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Yupp https://nostr.build/p/nb9449.mp4 nostr:nevent1qqsv935vfc2nrzlk2vl5ujymespmxlrj64h778cpfldt5tc0cxks8pgpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejsygq6lcx8fc7h0p8t4ya9u0a92jnwavqe9rgjwwdw3wjgxfuxsz8rd5psgqqqqqqs6m5npw

then im pretty deep in illusions

Even if something you fear never occurs you end up suffering as if it did because you dreaded it’s possibility. And if the dreaded event occurs you end up suffering twice.

So true Fear is a powerful imaginary deterrent.