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The self is an oral society in which the present is constantly running a dialogue with the past and the future inside of one skin. |
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My future is in my past and my past is my present. I must now make the present my future.- Vladimir Horowitz
The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its shell.
To me, living in the present means being aware of your conscious choice to focus on the past, present or future - it is not necessarily having to focus on the present.
Most people are prisoners, thinking only about the future or living in the past. They are not in the present, and the present is where everything begins.
Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present to live better in the future.
