More troubles ahead than behind

“I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.” (Mark Twain)

I read this tonight which is interesting since I was thinking early this afternoon about how most of the troubles I worry about never come to pass.

A few years ago, the Lord impressed me with this thought: if I would not waste energy worrying about troubles which didn’t happen, I would have all the energy I needed for coping with the troubles that did come. I try to live according to that thought more every year (but I have a ways to go yet)!