Living in the Present

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

One problem with gazing too frequently into the past is that we may turn around to find the future has run out on us. ~Michael Cibenko

Don't let the past steal your present. ~Cherralea Morgen

If you are still talking about what you did yesterday, you haven't done much today. ~Author Unknown

The past is never there when you try to go back. It exists, but only in memory. To pretend otherwise is to invite a mess. ~Chris Cobbs

The past is a guidepost, not a hitching post. ~L. Thomas Holdcroft

Opportunities fly by while we sit regretting the chances we have lost, and the happiness that comes to us we heed not, because of the happiness that is gone. ~Jerome K. Jerome

When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us. ~Alexander Graham Bell

The other day a man asked me what I thought was the best time of life. "Why," I answered without a thought, "now." ~David Grayson

It is only possible to live happily-ever-after on a day-to-day basis. ~Margaret Bonnano

Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That's why we call it the present. ~Babatunde Olatunji

The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness. ~Abraham Maslow

The future is always beginning now. ~Mark Strand, Reasons for Moving

I never think of the future. It comes soon enough. ~Albert Einstein

One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon - instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today. ~Dale Carnegie

Pile up too many tomorrows and you'll find that you've collected nothing but a bunch of empty yesterdays. ~The Music Man

We steal if we touch tomorrow. It is God's. ~Henry Ward Beecher

God made the world round so we would never be able to see too far down the road. ~Isak Dinesen

Slight not what's near through aiming at what's far. ~Euripides

Life's a journey, not a destination. ~Aerosmith

If you wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. If you don't wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. ~Senegalese Proverb

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time. ~Abraham Lincoln

	Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.	May 23, 2012, 01:51:58 PM
		Login with username, password and session length

	Author	Topic: Living in the Present (Read 560 times)
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.