This is the Jocko Underground Podcast number 143 sitting here with echo Charles

There's a quote I want to read to you

It says this if you are depressed you are living in the past if you are anxious you are living in the future if you are at peace you are living in the present

Okay, it's it's kind of self-explanatory. It's a bit of advice from Laot-su, the old master, believed to have lived in 6th century BC and China

Might have worked on the Royal Archives might have written or helped write the taute ching might have lived

for a really long time might have been the product of a virgin birth there's a lot of he's a mythical

guy right the mythical individual not much is known for certain about him but he's definitely

one of the most respected sources of ancient wisdom in Chinese philosophy.

And here's the thing. I like this quote, but not exactly how it's prescribed because I don't think you should only live in the present. I don't think you should only live in peace like I don't think you should only live in the present. I don't think you should only live in peace.

Like I don't think that's the crux of what we should be trying to do with this quote.

I think it's more of a, of teaching you some indications and warnings of what could be happening in your life, of when you could be leaning too far in one direction or the other I think it's a good way to understand your feelings and where those feelings are coming from

Because I think you should definitely think about the past you should definitely remember the past you should definitely learn from the past you should definitely enjoy good memories of the past you should definitely study study the past and the mistakes that you made right you should do

that but if you go overboard with that and you live in the past then you're filled with

regret and remorse about what's happened to you.

So it's just to me an indication.

Let's say you're walking around today, I go Charles.

You woke up today.

You're feeling kind of you're dragging.

You're like, you're thinking about things.

You don't feel happy.

You feel a little bit of regret.

You feel a little bit of depression.

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