We western folks are too future-minded. That mindset tends to get a lot done (partly explaining our relative economic wealth), but it also tends to make us miserable. When focusing on goals and progress, we are always living in (and ruminating upon) the unfulfilled. The moment we “achieve” something, we’re onto the next thing, like a mad fox who spends his entire life only ever catching rabbits, never resting in … [Read more...]