We read a short article by Jack Kornfield, titled "Wise Thought", in which he writes:

Often our fears don’t turn out to be accurate predictions of anything. As Mark Twain put it, “My life has been filled with terrible misfortunes—most of which never happened!” When we become mindful of fearful thoughts, we see that fear is just a story accompanied by dramatic feelings. We don’t have to take the story as truth. As we see the productions of our mind, we discover radical freedom.

This sparked an interesting conversation about how we relate to our thoughts; to see the mind at work and choose a different approach instead of simply disappearing into whatever thought pops up.