Maxwell Maltz once wrote about how we cannot control many events, but we can control our reactions to the events. That observation is very helpful whenever we consider a particular problem and then wrestle our reaction into a better place.
Many of us - and I'll put myself in this category - tend to shoot past a related aspect of Maltz's point; namely that it can be equally important to control our reaction to an anticipated event. [This has echoes of Churchill's observation that he worried about a great many things in life, some of which actually happened.]
Reacting to an anticipated event can make sense - such as Wayne Gretzky's practice of skating to where the puck will be - but, without restraints, this can take us on a lot of time-squandering detours. We may be reacting to the "is not, never was, never will be."
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