It's no mystery that thinking can make us happy or miserable. Let’s say you’re sitting under a tree one fine spring day. Nothing particular is happening to you, except perhaps the breeze is ruffling your hair, yet in your mind you’re far away. Maybe you’re remembering another spring day several years back when you were feeling terrible. You had just lost your job, or failed an exam, or your cat had wandered off. That memory turns into a worry. “What if I lose my job again? Why did I ever say such-and-such to so-and-so? No doubt this or that will happen, and I’ll be out on my ear. Now I’m really in for it! How will I pay my bills?” One worry brings up another, which brings up another. Soon you feel your life is in shambles — but all this while you’ve been sitting under the tree!
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