My native tense is future conditional, a low simmer of unspecified worry being the usual condition.

Michael Pollan
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  1. More smiling, less worrying. More compassion, less judgment. More blessed, less stressed. More love, less hate. - Roy T. Bennett

  2. If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the past, do not worry about the future, focus on living fully in the present. - Roy T. Bennett

  3. No amount of regretting can change the past, and no amount of worrying can change the future. - Roy T. Bennett

  4. Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create. - Roy T. Bennett

  5. Don’t waste your time in anger, regrets, worries, and grudges. Life is too short to be unhappy. - Roy T. Bennett

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  2. The green thumb is equable in the face of nature's uncertainties; he moves among her mysteries without feeling the need for control or explanations or once-and-for-all solutions. To garden well is to be happy amid the babble of the objective world, untroubled by its refusal...

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