Quotes About Present

It had come into her mind that for life to be large and full, it must contain the care of the past and of the future in every passing moment of the present.

for the future he knows only by guesswork, and that not always; for it is reserved for God alone to know the times and the seasons, and for him there is neither past nor future; all is present.

Stay focused on the now. Get through this, leave the long-term choices for the future.

Mindfulness, the Root of Happiness

The Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa, expressed it well: Live, you say, in the present; Live only in the present. But I don't want the present. I want reality; . . . I only want reality, things without time present.3 And the Buddha

When we can settle back into the moment, realizing that past and future are simply thoughts in the present, then we free ourselves from the bondage of "time.

We rarely see that "past" and "future" are happening right now. All that there is, is an unfolding of present moments. We have created these concepts to serve a useful purpose, but by taking the ideas to be the reality, by not understanding that they are merely the product of our own thought processes, we find ourselves burdened by worries and regrets about the past and anxieties of anticipation about what has not yet happened.

Give your attention to living life.

Every morning, when we wake up, we have twenty-four brand new hours to live. What a precious gift! We have the capacity to live in a way that these twenty-four hours will bring peace, joy, and happiness to ourselves and others. —from Peace Is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh Wake Up Your Body

Mindfulness also means experiencing the present moment without self-conscious judgment.

The past is history, the future's a mystery. Being alive in this moment is a gift—that's why they call it the present." Whether it's between shots, between holes, or between rounds, don't forget to smell the flowers along the way. This is the most important transition, because it is only in the present that we can connect with our nature of basic goodness and simply appreciate being alive.

Keep your thinking in the present—don't count your chickens before they hatch, and you won't be so disappointed with a broken egg once in a while.

Well, I guess I kinda worked it out. If there's no great glorious end to all this, if nothing we do matters... , then all that matters is what we do. 'Cause that's all there is. What we do. Now. Today.

Live each day as if it were your last, 'cause I'm gonna kill you but I'm not super-good w/schedules

If I think behind me, I might break. If I think forward, I lose now. Forever will be a day like this Strung perfectly on the necklace of days.

Whoever's reading this, if anyone is reading it: does it matter that our old selves are lost to us as surely as the past is lost, or is it enough to know yes we lived then, and we are living now, and the connection must be there? Like a river hundreds of miles long exists both at its source and at its mouth, simultaneously?

Live like it's your life.

Many people say "my life stinks". Well, your life will stink if you spend today thinking about tomorrow.

Millions of people miss today because either they refuse to let go of the past or they worry about the future.

There are many people who aren't experiencing victory today because they are focused on yesterday. But

The present moment is the greatest gift we have from God, but if we are not present we miss it.

Seizing the day is all about making the best choices possible each day of your life.

Matthew 6:34 suggested that we not worry about tomorrow because each day will have sufficient trouble of its own.

Trying to solve tomorrow's problems today only steals the energy God has prearranged for you in order to enjoy today.