all-we-have-is-this-present-moment
Often we get caught up in the worrying about things we have done in the past. Or we worry about what may happen in the future. But neither are useful. Instead, all we have is the present moment.
Remember This-moment-will-never-be-repeated. Be-Present and focus-on-what-is-in-immediately-in-front-of-you
References
- This came up a lot in counselling, obviously.
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Oliver-Burkeman put this eloquently in a newsletter about the 2024 USA election:
You’re always only here and now, so that for a problem to exist, it must exist, in some sense, here and now. As for telling myself I only needed to do the very next thing… you always only can do the very next thing, then the next, whether you like it or not.
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