Quotes About Present

All I want is the here and now, this piece of time. And please save the pillow talk for someone who wants it. Contrary to what you seem to think, I'm no delicate rose

People that worry about where they're going next generally don't end up where they think they're going. I just worry about what I'm doing now and try to make it good. When you've got too much of a master plan, it's going to fail.

If I live in fear of what might be, how can I truly live my life to the full in the present? And if I do not give myself to the day, to hope, to life, what do I miss?

To him, the day was what was offered, not what wasn't.

Every time I give in to concern about tomorrow, even my next hour, I rob this hour, this day of strength, peace. The Maker holds all my days. Do I trust him with them, or not?

The past is history. The future is a mystery. The present is a gift.

No matter how much we may love the melody of a bygone day or imagine the song of a future one, we must dance within the music of today, or we will always be out of step, stumbling around in something that doesn't suit the moment.

No matter how much we may love the melody of a bygone day or imagine the song of a future one, we must dance within the music of today, or we will always be out of step,

much we may love the melody of a bygone day or imagine the song of a future one, we must dance within the music of today, or we will always be out of step, stumbling around in something that doesn't suit the moment. I let go of the river's song and found the music of that big house. I found room for a new life, a new mother who cared for me, and a new father who patiently taught me not only how to play music, but how to trust. He was as good a man as ever I've known.

It's a lesson I'm trying to learn from him, this living squarely in the present. I am a planner and a worrier. I torment myself by mentally replaying my past mistakes, wishing I'd been smarter, wishing I'd been stronger, wishing I'd made different choices. I live too often in the realm of what if. I also expend time and mental energy continually trying to anticipate what sort of crouching tiger might be hiding around the next corner.

Eventually, you must stop running to something or from something and embrace where you are. Otherwise you'll never embrace anything.

No matter how much we may love the melody of a bygone day or imagine the song of a future one, we must dance within the music of today, or we will always be out of step, stumbling around in something that doesn't suit the moment. "Before we were yours

Do not let yesterday use up too much of today

No matter how much we may love the melody of a bygone day or imagine the song of a future one, we must dance within the music of today, or we will always be out of step, stumbling around in something that doesn't suit the moment. I

to do. "Briny, you gotta carry her off in the skiff now, before that storm comes in." It'd take too long to move the shantyboat, I know. Briny would realize that too if he could think straight. "You tell him!" the midwife eggs me on. She starts toward Briny, shoving me ahead of her. "You don' get that woman offa this boat, this child's mama be dead befo' mornin'." CHAPTER 3 Avery Stafford AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, PRESENT DAY

Stop looking ahead, stop looking back. Stop... look around.

Não importa o quanto a gente ame a música de um dia passado ou o quanto imaginemos a música do futuro, precisamos dançar a música de hoje, ou sempre estaremos fora do ritmo, trocando os passos em uma dança que não combina com o momento. Eu deixei a música do rio passar

bygone day or imagine the song of a future one, we must dance within the music of today, or we will always be out of step, stumbling around in something that doesn't suit the moment. I let go of the river's song and found

history is something not to be underestimated, and even if the present was gone, a shared history must be respected

One of the attributes of the saint is that he has no fear, for fear is anticipating some disagreeable event that might come or expecting that something beloved might pass away in the future. The saint is concerned only with the present moment. He has no future to fear.

The only thing a cat worries about is what's happening right now. As we tell the kittens, you can only wash one paw at a time.

Seize the day, whatever's in it to seize, before something comes along and seizes you.

If I fret over tomorrow, I'll have little joy today.

Maybe there's no such thing as happily ever after. Maybe okay for now is the best you get.