Ease suffering

" ... we have a choice in any moment to either return to the present or to escalate our suffering by letting our stories and thoughts take over."
Pema Chodron - How to meditate: A practical guide to making friends with your mind.

I find I'm caught up right now in "escalating my suffering" by worrying about things in the future that I have no control over.  Whatever is going to happen...will.  I am going to meditate, challenge my thoughts and stories and try to get back to this present moment. I may have made mistakes in my past however I don't believe the universe wants me to suffer all the time.  Nor can I predict or change what will happen in the future.  

I will cause unnecessary pain by indulging in negative thinking and pretending like I have some say in what will happen.  As the serenity prayer so beautifully says....accept the things I cannot change and change the things I can - me...my thoughts....my choices. Today I choose to stay in the moment and trust that all will be well.