Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.
There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now.
The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it. (21)
Children have neither past nor future; they enjoy the present, which very few of us do.
Tomorrow is the first day of the rest of our lives.
If you are carrying strong feelings about something that happened in your past, they may hinder your ability to live in the present.
Throw away all ambition beyond that of doing the day's work well. The travelers on the road to success live in the present, heedless of taking thought for the morrow. Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day's work absorb your entire energies, and satisfy your wildest ambition.
As you begin to live in the present moment, you will experience a subtle but profound change. Worrying about the future will cease. A deep peace will enfold you, a peace that says, 'all is well. There is nothing to fear. Everything is unfolding according to plan, and you are being guided each step along the way.
Live in the present. The past is gone; the future is unknown - but the present is real, and your opportunities are now.
...the only continuity possible in life, as in love, is in growth, in fluidity - in freedom. The only real security is... living in the present and accepting it as it is now.
I believe that earning your living doing something you enjoy is one of the very best ways to nourish yourself. But even if you are employed at something that is not your ideal work, it is important to find ways to take as much pleasure in it as possible. Living in the present moment can make ordinary activities more interesting and joyful; you may be surprised, if you only look, at what you will find. If you try to stay connected with why you are doing what you are doing, for example, then even the parts of your life that aren't especially interesting can become more meaningful.
In the carriages of the past, you can't go anywhere.
Seize from every moment its unique novelty, and do not prepare your joys.
Living in the present moment requires discretion toward memory. Without memory we'd have amnesia. What good would there be in that? Offer discretion and discernment for our past with a broad spectrum of forgiveness. As for our present moment, delight. And dedication to remain fully present to all the possibility.
The ego does not, cannot live in the present, because the present is real and the ego is false - they never meet.
One has to live in the present. Whatever is past is gone beyond recall; whatever is future remains beyond one's reach, until it becomes present. Remembering the past and giving thought to the future are important, but only to the extent that they help one deal with the present.
One has to practice wisdom through living in the present.
Live in the present and shape the future, do not be casting lingering looks to the distant past for the past has passed away, never again to return.
I need relationships, but sometimes when I am in one I feel claustrophobic. It is about feeling that I still have my freedom, that I have choices. I don't look back on the past because I like to live in the present. I know this makes some people think I probably never cared, but I need my freedom and I like to keep moving.
Sometimes I feel an impingement of something I went through in another lifetime. But I like to concentrate on the absolute present. That's why I love my animals. They live in the present.
The living moment is everything.
When I make the effort to pay attention to the sights, sounds and sensations around me, I’m encouraging myself to live in the present moment.
The future belongs to the one most fully alive in the present.
God does not want us to be living in the past, in shame, in fear, or in the future, in worry. He wants us to be living in the present, in now, with Him.
Living in the present is the instant perception of beauty and the great delight in it without seeking pleasure from it.
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