One of my greatest goals is to be present in the moment. We are given only one moment at a time. It does me no good to be looking back at the past which I cannot change. It is neither good for me to obsess about a future that is not here yet. Everything I need is here for me in this moment. One instant at a time I can experience what it means to be a human being. Let us find some quotes:
“Let us be silent–
So we may hear the whisper of the Gods.”
~~Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Writers should use common words to say uncommon things.”
~~Arthur Schopenhauer
“It is fine to glance at the past to see prior choices– god and bad.
But we should not stare at it.
It is OK to plan for the near term future to prepare for ups and downs.
But we should not obsess about it.
It is best to live in the now.
It is this moment we can truly experience.’
~~ME
“Though the fragrance of the flower cannot be touched,
‘Tis all pervasive and at once perceptible.
So by unpatterned being in itself recognize the round of mystic circles.”
~~Saraha
“Slow, horses, slow
As through the wood we go–
We would count the stars in heaven,
Hear the grasses grow.
Watch the cloudlets few
Dappling the deep blue.
In our palms outspread
Catch the blessed dew.
Slow, horses, slow,
As through the wood we go–
All the beauty of the night
We learn and Know!”
~~Thomas Westwood
“The improvements in transportation do not cut down traveling time,
but merely increase the area over which people have to travel.”
~~Bertrand Russell
Are you present in your moment? Present in your now? If this is what I have let me be present in it. Peace.
