The human mind has the incredible ability to travel into the past and predict the future. This greatly distinguishes us from the rest of beings. By recalling the past and doing our reflection, we create future scenarios based on the experiences we have so far and thus move forward. But is this always a good thing? Not when we can’t control it.
We often travel further than is useful into the past or into the future, for example before a race: to the results of previous races, to the mistakes of the previous race, to a training session that did not go as we would have liked, or to future scenarios: the possible outcomes of this struggle, the position we will take, the reactions of our own people, and we lose the present. But what happened in the past happened, it doesn’t change and what will happen in the future we cannot predict, even if we think it is possible. What will happen is unknown. That’s why the best way to succeed is to be in the present, the now, “where your feet are stepping”. What you do now is what counts. This will shape the future and needs 100% of your concentration. So the next time you find yourself wandering into the past or the future, take a deep breath and come back to the present, where it really matters to be.