The future isn’t something we wait for—it’s something we build, one conscious moment at a time. The only real power we have is now.
Whatever it is you have to do, do it now. Don’t put it off. Now is the only time we have. The past is gone forever and the future hasn’t yet arrived. The one great power we have is that we can influence the direction of our journey as we move toward the future. The future is like a carrot in front of a donkey pulling us forward. We will never get there. We only arrive at another now. If we let this now pass us by we forfeit our power over the direction we would like to travel toward the future. Literally, the path toward the future is in our hands. It’s what we do with this present moment that determines much of how we will experience the next now and the now after that now. Don’t let it go!
“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” — Buddha
Question for Readers:
What’s one thing you’ve been putting off that your now is asking you to begin today?
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