The present; this moment.
We can't respect the past nor expect much of a future if we don't make the most of the fleeting here and now.
The present; this moment.
We can't respect the past nor expect much of a future if we don't make the most of the fleeting here and now.
These days, it's more about the past than anything. I worry about things that already have happened.
For the most part, the present. I do sometimes focus a little on the future if I know something is coming up. Like the next month we have a condo on the beach for a week.
For the most part the present, because the present effects the future. The past is gone and cannot be changed, we can only adjust it's effects on the future.
Quoted from a great mind -
"There are ways to really live in the present moment. What's the alternative? It is always now. However much you feel you may need to plan for the future, to anticipate it, to mitigate risks, the reality of your life is now. This may sound trite... But it's the truth... As a matter of conscious experience, the reality of your life is always now. I think this is a liberating truth about the human mind. In fact, I think there is nothing more important to understand about your mind than that if you want to be happy in this world. The past is a memory. It's a thought arising in the present. The future is merely anticipated, it is another thought arising now. What we truly have is this moment. And this. And we spend most of our lives forgetting this truth. Repudiating it. Fleeing it. Overlooking it. And the horror is that we succeed. We manage to never really connect with the present moment and find fulfillment there because we are continually hoping to become happy in the future, and the future never arrives." - Samuel Harris
I focuse on the present and I have learn from the past but I am thankful to God that he has given me a wonderful future if I choose it.
I focus on the present, but with an eye to my goals.
And a bit of wisdom I once read: Until the past can be separated from the future, it is still present.
(That's why forgiveness is psychologically important for us.)
I probably focus a bit too much on the future. Always thinking about what I want to happen eventually and miss out on what's happening now.
Past, Present, and Future all coinside.
I miss the past.
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