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[QUOTE="Ceerqqq, post: 2698838, member: 6702"]
Yeah, I prefer thinking about the best things that could happen in Syracuse basketball rather than looking beneath every rock for the innumerable things that could go wrong and bring ultimate disappointment.

There's something about the notion that [I]maintaining sad thoughts in the present may somehow be able to prevent sad thoughts from happening in the future[/I] that has never made much sense to me.

IMO, it's always best to expect the best of realistic possibilities; if bad things [I]do[/I] end up happening in the future, then at least you will have filled up your many present moments between now and then with happy thoughts, and there will be plenty of time to be sad if and when the bad does happen.

On the other hand, if the good outcome you optimally hope for [I]does [/I]happen, then all the time you spent worrying about the bad possibilities was a complete waste of time, unpleasantly experienced.  You will have done yourself [I]what kind of favor[/I]?

It's always best to expect the best...
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