If you’re losing sleep over an upcoming job interview, a nerve-wracking presentation, a make-or-break exam, or a tough conversation, take a step back. Not just a step—zoom all the way out.
Roughly 13.8 billion years ago, the universe was an empty void. Then, 13.6 billion years ago, everything exploded into existence.
Particles scattered like cosmic confetti, stars ignited, and galaxies formed—vast, swirling islands of gas and dust suspended in nothingness.
Fast forward to 4.5 billion years ago: a random cloud of cosmic debris decided to stick together and form a planet.
Another billion years or so, and life wiggled into existence. It evolved, adapted, thrived, and roughly 150,000 years ago, humans showed up, bringing with them language, culture, and—eventually—anxiety about PowerPoint presentations.
And here you are, on this tiny rock floating in an incomprehensibly vast expanse, convinced that your whole existence hinges on what happens next week.
The Grand Illusion of Time
Worry is a side effect of believing in time—a concept that might not even be real. Einstein said time is relative. Some philosophers argue it’s an illusion, a mental construct.
If you doubt that, try finding “time” outside your own thoughts. You won’t. It’s impossible. When you woke up this morning, you didn’t wake up in the past—you woke up in the present.
Everything that has ever happened or ever will happen unfolds in one place: now. The past? Just memories. The future? Pure speculation.
Rupert Spira puts it simply: “The past is made of memory, the future of imagination.” Neither exists outside your mind.
Eckhart Tolle takes it further: The only real moment is this one.
Worrying about a hypothetical future is like fighting a shadow—it’s pointless, exhausting, and makes you look ridiculous.
What You Fear Might Be Your Biggest Break
We assume that if things don’t go our way, catastrophe follows. But history (and probably your own life) is full of examples where “disaster” turned out to be an opportunity in disguise.
Lose your job? Maybe it’s the push you needed to build something better. Relationship ends? Maybe you were clinging to the wrong person.
Even death—our ultimate fear—is an unknown. And unknowns have a funny way of being not as terrifying as we imagine.
Lao Tzu nailed it centuries ago: nature doesn’t stress about anything, and yet everything gets done.
The universe created itself without your help, and it will keep spinning long after you and your worries are gone.
Let Go, and Life Falls into Place The more you try to control every outcome, the more life resists. It’s like planting seeds and yanking them up every hour to check if they’re growing. Stop interfering.
Let things unfold. When you focus on the present—really be in it—your energy isn’t wasted on stress. It’s freed up for action, creativity, and, most importantly, actually living.
Stop Waiting, Start Living
Worry is bad enough. Waiting is worse.
Waiting for life to begin, for success, for happiness—it’s all a waste of the only thing that truly exists: now.
The solutions, strengths, and opportunities you’re worried about? They’ll show up exactly when you need them. Not before, not after.
As Carl Sagan once said, Earth is just “a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.” Everyone who has ever lived, fought, loved, failed, and triumphed did so on this tiny speck in the middle of nowhere.
So, what will you do with your brief, miraculous moment here? You can waste it worrying about things beyond your control.
Or you can take a deep breath, sip your coffee, and fully live—right now. Because before you know it, none of us will be here at all.
And in the meantime, the Earth is still orbiting the Sun. So, all is well.
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Thank you for this educative information. I have learned to be contented with any situation I face. May God ‘s grace always sustain me through.
Cynthia your writing and writing voice are so beautiful you always make me understand these complex things about life. The “present moment” is something I have read/heard about everywhere as every one usually says “live in the moment”, “all will be well”, “don’t worry” etc. It is in this article that I have truly understood that “fully immersing yourself in the present moment releases stuck energy, freeing up mental space and allowing creativity to abound”….. wow!!! and also that forcing things is going against nature …. I love this, it has changed my whole understanding of the present moment. Thank you Cynthia for sharing these gems, big love my dear 🙂 xo – Dorothy