Getting bogged down with a daunting future can be frustrating. Being a future-oriented person is like walking through life with weights around your ankles. Bust through that wall one brick at a time. It is natural to measure your life in the long-term, and I haven’t found being grounded in the present moment comforting. Besides, I’m surprised the Buddhists would endorse such a perspective, as it sounds very hedonistic. Can’t we all agree that the hedonists are a key problem, on the whole? To be honest this earth is a hell, so you’re spot on there. Never be ashamed of your emotions, if other people judge you for them; forgettaboutem’! Cry when you’ve got your headphones in listening to music, cry under the stars in nature, cry in your bedroom, safe from the chaos of the outside world. I had the tears flowing the other day while I was meditating. It may be worthwhile to take up a meditating routine to reveal things about yourself you never know, or welling up emotions you may be keeping pent up inside.